diff --git a/make-distribution.sh b/make-distribution.sh
index 7a08d6b9151c416a039b833bf3bfb9bfe64dc915..1c89027d68bed1f9403e9ce5d8d11d8a05d77dde 100755
--- a/make-distribution.sh
+++ b/make-distribution.sh
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ fi
 mkdir "$DISTDIR"/conf
 cp "$FWDIR"/conf/*.template "$DISTDIR"/conf
 cp "$FWDIR"/conf/slaves "$DISTDIR"/conf
+cp "$FWDIR/README.md" "$DISTDIR"
 cp -r "$FWDIR/bin" "$DISTDIR"
 cp -r "$FWDIR/python" "$DISTDIR"
 cp -r "$FWDIR/sbin" "$DISTDIR"