diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 7337363..521072e 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ bin_PROGRAMS = fuse-overlayfs
 
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -Im4
 
-EXTRA_DIST = m4/gnulib-cache.m4 rpm/fuse-overlayfs.spec.template autogen.sh
+EXTRA_DIST = m4/gnulib-cache.m4 rpm/fuse-overlayfs.spec.template autogen.sh fuse-overlayfs.1.md
+
+CLEANFILES = fuse-overlayfs.1
 
 fuse_overlayfs_CFLAGS = -I . -I $(abs_srcdir)/lib $(FUSE_CFLAGS)
 fuse_overlayfs_LDFLAGS =
@@ -15,8 +17,10 @@ WD := $(shell pwd)
 
 man1_MANS = fuse-overlayfs.1
 
-generate-man:
-	go-md2man -in fuse-overlayfs.1.md -out fuse-overlayfs.1
+fuse-overlayfs.1:
+	go-md2man -in $(abs_srcdir)/fuse-overlayfs.1.md -out fuse-overlayfs.1
+
+generate-man: fuse-overlayfs.1
 
 fuse-overlayfs.spec: $(srcdir)/rpm/fuse-overlayfs.spec.template
 	sed -e 's|#VERSION#|$(VERSION)|g' < $< > $@