diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 29d169891..ec64f0729 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ SUBDIRS = 						\
 	policy						\
 	etc						\
 	man						\
+	contrib						\
 	data						\
 	libselftest					\
 	libgbus						\
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e194601e2..e23cd951a 100755
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -457,6 +457,7 @@ Makefile
 etc/Makefile
 man/Makefile
 docs/Makefile
+contrib/Makefile
 html/Makefile
 html/img/Makefile
 backends/Makefile
diff --git a/contrib/Makefile.am b/contrib/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e64fd0ef7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#SUBDIRS = yum-packagekit
+
+bashcompletiondir = ${SYSCONFDIR}/bash_completion.d
+dist_bashcompletion_DATA = pk-completion.bash
+