diff --git a/contribs/Makefile.am b/contribs/Makefile.am
index aca5f0c348d7509906b0090d95d6f82ea44808cf..d1cbfe61c91134a943a429b678c593ebfb88fde6 100644
--- a/contribs/Makefile.am
+++ b/contribs/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SUBDIRS = cray lua pam perlapi torque sjobexit slurmdb-direct
+SUBDIRS = cray lua pam perlapi torque sjobexit slurmdb-direct phpext
 
 EXTRA_DIST = \
 	env_cache_builder.c	\