diff --git a/gstlal-inspiral/share/population_models/O2/Makefile.am b/gstlal-inspiral/share/population_models/O2/Makefile.am
index 23714717ca7414c76be238d3c221d448e6cd34d2..523e08b251a4ed4f66c8ee15fd242d0f9709c1ba 100644
--- a/gstlal-inspiral/share/population_models/O2/Makefile.am
+++ b/gstlal-inspiral/share/population_models/O2/Makefile.am
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ population_modelsdir = $(pkgdatadir)/$(subdir:share/%=%)
 
 population_models_DATA = \
 	lnP_template_signal_BBH_logm_reweighted_mchirp.hdf5
+
+EXTRA_DIST = $(population_models_DATA)