diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 96d6419e..83da9f8d 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ dist: bison.info
 	    vmshlp.mar README INSTALL bison.texinfo bison.info* texinfo.tex \
 	  `cat .fname`
 	cp -p getopt.[ch] getopt1.c alloca.c `cat .fname`
-	tar --gzip -chf `cat .fname`.tar.z `cat .fname`
+	tar --gzip -chf `cat .fname`.tar.gz `cat .fname`
 	-rm -rf `cat .fname` .fname
 
 bison.info: bison.texinfo