diff --git a/src/mca/mpi/topo/unity/config/Makefile.am b/src/mca/mpi/topo/unity/config/Makefile.am
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+# -*- makefile -*-
+#
+# $HEADER$
+#
+
+include $(top_lam_srcdir)/config/Makefile.options
+
+# This file is only here so that "make dist" grabs all the extra
+# config-level files that are necessary to build a LAM distribution
+# tarball.  Nothing gets built in this directory.
+
+# Seems to be an automake bug -- depcomp is not automatically included
+# in distribution tarballs.
+
+EXTRA_DIST      = depcomp