diff --git a/src/bin/dhcp6/Makefile.am b/src/bin/dhcp6/Makefile.am
index 6ab6b5b684..4574bbbb5c 100644
--- a/src/bin/dhcp6/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/bin/dhcp6/Makefile.am
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ libdhcp6_la_SOURCES += dhcp6_lexer.ll location.hh position.hh stack.hh
 libdhcp6_la_SOURCES += dhcp6_parser.cc dhcp6_parser.h
 libdhcp6_la_SOURCES += parser_context.cc parser_context.h parser_context_decl.h
 libdhcp6_la_SOURCES += dhcp6_messages.h dhcp6_messages.cc
+EXTRA_DIST += dhcp6_messages.mes
 
 sbin_PROGRAMS = kea-dhcp6