diff --git a/changes/bug16929 b/changes/bug16929
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..83e60d7eb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug16929
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+  o Minor bugfixes:
+    - include the TUNING document in our source tarball. It is referred
+      to in the ChangeLog and an error message. Fixes bug 16929; bugfix
+      on 0.2.6.1-alpha.
+
diff --git a/doc/include.am b/doc/include.am
index 47f1ab3433..ff2de845b2 100644
--- a/doc/include.am
+++ b/doc/include.am
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ endif
 EXTRA_DIST+= doc/HACKING doc/asciidoc-helper.sh			\
              $(html_in) $(man_in) $(txt_in)			\
              doc/state-contents.txt				\
-             doc/torrc_format.txt
+             doc/torrc_format.txt doc/TUNING
 
 docdir = @docdir@