diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 96c387f21..2f3ab906e 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -2194,4 +2194,5 @@ EXTRA_DIST = $(doc_DATA) autogen.sh \
 	test/test_archive_zzip.sh \
 	$(wildcard scripts/*.sh) \
 	$(man_MANS) $(DOCBOOK_FILES) doc/mpdconf.example doc/doxygen.conf \
+	systemd/mpd.socket \
 	src/win32/mpd_win32_rc.rc.in src/win32/mpd.ico
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5245bec49..b270a703d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ ver 0.19.1 (not yet released)
 * input
   - mms: fix deadlock bug
 * fix build failure on Mac OS X
+* add missing file systemd/mpd.socket to tarball
 
 ver 0.19 (2014/10/10)
 * protocol