diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 5dca9bdb4..1c6311b60 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,93 +1,93 @@
 # Copyright (C) 1998,1999,2000,2001,2003,2010,2011,
 #               2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is part of GnuPG.
 #
 # GnuPG is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 # the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
 # (at your option) any later version.
 #
 # GnuPG is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 # GNU General Public License for more details.
 #
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
 
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 # We can't use --enable-selinux-support because some of our regression
 # tests are importing secret keys and that is not allowed if
 # selinux-support is enabled.
 DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = --enable-mailto
 
 GITLOG_TO_CHANGELOG=gitlog-to-changelog
 
 if CROSS_COMPILING
 checks =
 else
 checks = checks
 endif
 
 if HAVE_W32_SYSTEM
 bzlib = bzlib
 else
 bzlib =
 endif
 
 SUBDIRS = m4 intl zlib ${bzlib} util mpi cipher tools \
           g10 keyserver po doc ${checks}
 
 EXTRA_DIST = scripts/config.rpath PROJECTS BUGS config.h.in	\
              autogen.sh ChangeLog-2011 po/ChangeLog-2011	\
              util/ChangeLog-2011 scripts/ChangeLog-2011		\
              doc/ChangeLog-2011 tools/ChangeLog-2011		\
              zlib/ChangeLog-2011 m4/ChangeLog-2011		\
              include/ChangeLog-2011 g10/ChangeLog-2011		\
              checks/ChangeLog-2011 cipher/ChangeLog-2011	\
              intl/ChangeLog-2011 keyserver/ChangeLog-2011	\
              tests/ChangeLog-2011 mpi/ChangeLog-2011
 
 
 DISTCLEANFILES =
 
 # We do not install README into the doc directory because that would
 # conflict with GnuPG-2.
 # dist_doc_DATA = README
 
 
 # Add all the files listed in "distfiles" files to the distribution,
 # apply version numbers to some files and create a VERSION file which
 # we need for the Prereq: patch file trick.
 dist-hook: gen-ChangeLog
 	@set -e; \
 	 for file in `cd $(top_srcdir); \
 		     find scripts mpi include -type f -name distfiles`; do \
 	    dir=`dirname $$file` ; $(mkinstalldirs) $(distdir)/$$dir ; \
 	    for i in distfiles `cat $(top_srcdir)/$$file` ; do \
 		ln $(top_srcdir)/$$dir/$$i $(distdir)/$$dir/$$i 2> /dev/null \
 		|| cp -p $(top_srcdir)/$$dir/$$i $(distdir)/$$dir/$$i; \
 	    done ; \
 	done
 	@set -e; \
 	sed -e 's/@pkg_version@/$(VERSION)/g' \
 	    $(top_srcdir)/scripts/gnupg.spec.in \
 	    > $(distdir)/gnupg.spec
 	echo "$(VERSION)" > $(distdir)/VERSION
 
 
 gen_start_date = 2011-12-01T06:00:00
 .PHONY: gen-ChangeLog
 gen-ChangeLog:
 	set -e; 							\
-	if test -d $(top_srcdir)/.git; then				\
+	if test -e $(top_srcdir)/.git; then				\
 	  (cd $(top_srcdir) &&                      			\
 	    $(GITLOG_TO_CHANGELOG) --append-dot --tear-off		\
 	    --amend=scripts/git-log-fix	 				\
 	    --since=$(gen_start_date) ) > $(distdir)/cl-t;		\
           cat $(top_srcdir)/scripts/git-log-footer >> $(distdir)/cl-t;  \
 	  rm -f $(distdir)/ChangeLog;					\
 	  mv $(distdir)/cl-t $(distdir)/ChangeLog;			\
 	fi