diff --git a/opal/mca/compress/base/Makefile.am b/opal/mca/compress/base/Makefile.am
index d717fb3c01..5c076d2b19 100644
--- a/opal/mca/compress/base/Makefile.am
+++ b/opal/mca/compress/base/Makefile.am
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # $HEADER$
 #
 
-EXTRA_DIST = .windows
+EXTRA_DIST = base/.windows
 
 dist_pkgdata_DATA = base/help-opal-compress-base.txt