diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6e398098..d49fef79 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Changes in 1.4.2:
  o Send CRLF after each chunk in HTTP output, for compliance with RFC2626.  Patch from "propanbutan".  Fixes bug 1894184.
  o Add a int64_t parsing function, with unit tests, so we can apply Scott Lamb's fix to allow large HTTP values.
  o Use a 64-bit field to hold HTTP content-lengths.  Patch from Scott Lamb.
-
+ o Allow regression code to build even without Python installed
 
 Changes in 1.4.1-beta:
  o free minheap on event_base_free(); from Christopher Layne
diff --git a/test/Makefile.am b/test/Makefile.am
index af7b8342..0859af79 100644
--- a/test/Makefile.am
+++ b/test/Makefile.am
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign no-dependencies
 
 CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir) -I$(top_srcdir)/compat
 
-EXTRA_DIST = regress.rpc
+EXTRA_DIST = regress.rpc regress.gen.h regress.gen.c
 
 noinst_PROGRAMS = test-init test-eof test-weof test-time regress bench
 
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ regress.gen.c regress.gen.h: regress.rpc $(top_srcdir)/event_rpcgen.py
 	$(top_srcdir)/event_rpcgen.py $(srcdir)/regress.rpc || echo "No Python installed"
 
 DISTCLEANFILES = *~
-CLEANFILES = regress.gen.h regress.gen.c
 
 test: test-init test-eof test-weof test-time regress