diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index b31bcea91..2d0755284 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 # have all needed files, that a GNU package needs
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = gnu 1.6
 
+# make sure we pass the correct jimtcl flags to distcheck
+DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = --with-jim-ext=nvp --disable-lineedit
+
 nobase_dist_pkgdata_DATA = \
 	contrib/libdcc/dcc_stdio.c \
 	contrib/libdcc/dcc_stdio.h \