diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d7a1a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+zathura is written by:
+
+Moritz Lipp <mlq@pwmt.org>
+Sebastian Ramacher <s.ramacher@gmx.at>
+
+Other contributors are (in alphabetical order):
+
+Pavel Borzenkov <pavel.borzenkov@gmail.com>
+Ivan Sichmann Freitas <ivansichfreitas@gmail.com>
+int3 <jezreel@gmail.com>
+karottenreibe <k@rottenrei.be>
+Johannes Meng Johannes Meng <j@jmeng.de>
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6eb28c6..b809463 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -78,14 +78,17 @@ tests: ${OBJECTS}
 
 dist: clean
 	$(QUIET)mkdir -p ${PROJECT}-${VERSION}
-	$(QUIET)cp -R LICENSE Makefile config.mk common.mk README Doxyfile \
-			${PROJECT}.1.rst ${PROJECT}rc.5.rst ${SOURCE} ${HEADER} ${PROJECT}.pc.in tests \
+	$(QUIET)mkdir -p ${PROJECT}-${VERSION}/tests
+	$(QUIET)cp LICENSE Makefile config.mk common.mk README AUTHORS Doxyfile \
+			${PROJECT}.1.rst ${PROJECT}rc.5.rst ${SOURCE} ${HEADER} ${PROJECT}.pc.in \
 			${PROJECT}-${VERSION}
+	$(QUIET)cp Makefile config.mk tests/*.c \
+			${PROJECT}-${VERSION}/tests
 	$(QUIET)tar -cf ${PROJECT}-${VERSION}.tar ${PROJECT}-${VERSION}
 	$(QUIET)gzip ${PROJECT}-${VERSION}.tar
 	$(QUIET)rm -rf ${PROJECT}-${VERSION}
 
-doc: clean
+doc:
 	$(QUIET)doxygen Doxyfile
 
 gcov: clean