diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 665503a13..59a188999 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ kcm_dir = kcm
 endif
 
 SUBDIRS=  include lib kuser kdc admin kadmin kpasswd 
-SUBDIRS+= $(kcm_dir) appl doc tools tests
+SUBDIRS+= $(kcm_dir) appl doc tools tests packages
 
 ## ACLOCAL = @ACLOCAL@ -I cf
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I cf
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 8a7d61158..147cb0076 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -583,6 +583,8 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES(Makefile 		\
 	tests/ldap/Makefile		\
 	tests/gss/Makefile		\
 	tests/plugin/Makefile		\
+	packages/Makefile		\
+	packages/mac/Makefile		\
 	doc/Makefile			\
 	tools/Makefile			\
 )
diff --git a/packages/Makefile.am b/packages/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..940d7c92c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# $Id$
+
+include $(top_srcdir)/Makefile.am.common
+
+SUBDIRS=  mac
+
diff --git a/packages/mac/Makefile.am b/packages/mac/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0a69a6f8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mac/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# $Id$
+
+include $(top_srcdir)/Makefile.am.common
+
+EXTRA_DIST = \
+	Info.plist.in \
+	mac.sh \
+	Resources/Description.plist \
+	Resources/English.lproj/Welcome.rtf