4 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 143a14e..c1eb482 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,4 +13,3 @@
 /scheme/Makefile.in
 /scheme/guile/Makefile.in
 /scheme/guile/geiser/Makefile.in
-/ChangeLog
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09d790c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+## The contents of this file will be generated during 'make dist' by the
+## shell command:
+
+  git log --summary --stat
+
+# which you can run using 'sh ChangeLog'
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 90d5015..c86aecb 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ SUBDIRS = . elisp scheme
 EXTRA_DIST = THANKS
 
 dist-hook:
-	git log --summary --stat > $(top_distdir)/ChangeLog
+	$(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/ChangeLog > $(top_distdir)/ChangeLog
diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index cd0b02f..f084b65 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,4 @@
 
 [ -f elisp/geiser.el ] || exit 1
 
-touch ./ChangeLog
-
 autoreconf -Wall
-
-rm ./ChangeLog