diff --git a/Makefile-libostree.am b/Makefile-libostree.am
index 63f0eb7d..d40196d4 100644
--- a/Makefile-libostree.am
+++ b/Makefile-libostree.am
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ noinst_LTLIBRARIES += libostree-kernel-args.la
 if ENABLE_RUST
 bupsplitpath = @abs_top_builddir@/target/@RUST_TARGET_SUBDIR@/libbupsplit_rs.a
 .PHONY: $(bupsplitpath)
-$(bupsplitpath): Makefile rust/src/bupsplit.rs
+BUPSPLIT_RUST_SOURCES = rust/src/bupsplit.rs
+EXTRA_DIST += $(BUPSPLIT_RUST_SOURCES)
+$(bupsplitpath): Makefile $(BUPSPLIT_RUST_SOURCES)
 	cd $(top_srcdir)/rust && CARGO_TARGET_DIR=@abs_top_builddir@/target cargo build --verbose $(CARGO_RELEASE_ARGS)
 else
 bupsplitpath = libbupsplit.la
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 4660515a..31c41251 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -73,6 +73,15 @@ check-local:
 
 clean-local:
 	cd $(srcdir)/rust && CARGO_TARGET_DIR=$(abs_top_builddir)/target cargo clean
+
+dist-hook:
+	(cd $(distdir)/rust && \
+   cp $(abs_top_srcdir)/rust/Cargo.lock . && \
+   cargo vendor -q && \
+   mkdir .cargo && \
+	 cp cargo-vendor-config .cargo/config)
+
+EXTRA_DIST += $(srcdir)/rust/Cargo.toml $(srcdir)/rust/cargo-vendor-config
 endif # end ENABLE_RUST
 
 libglnx_srcpath := $(srcdir)/libglnx
diff --git a/rust/cargo-vendor-config b/rust/cargo-vendor-config
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5407266e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/cargo-vendor-config
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# This is used after `cargo vendor` is run from `make dist` 
+
+[source.crates-io]
+registry = 'https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index'
+replace-with = 'vendored-sources'
+
+[source.vendored-sources]
+directory = './vendor'