diff --git a/build/build.xml b/build/build.xml
index 02b53cb..b4e3d0e 100644
--- a/build/build.xml
+++ b/build/build.xml
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@
     </build-test>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="bench" description="run benchmark">
+  <target name="bench" description="build compilation benchmark">
     <build-app name="turtle_bench" mode="all">
       <includepath path="${applications.dir}/turtle_bench"/>
     </build-app>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="export" description="export the distribution">
+  <target name="export" description="export distribution">
     <deploy>
       <module name="turtle">
         <include name="**/*.hpp"/>
@@ -31,12 +31,18 @@
     </deploy>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="package" depends="export" description="package the distribution">
+  <target name="package" depends="export" description="package distribution">
     <mkdir dir="${dist.dir}"/>
-    <zip destfile="${dist.dir}/${ant.project.name}.zip" basedir="${dist.dir}" includes="include/**"/>
-    <tar destfile="${dist.dir}/${ant.project.name}.tar.bz2" basedir="${dist.dir}" includes="include/**" compression="bzip2"/>
+    <zip destfile="${dist.dir}/${ant.project.name}.zip">
+      <fileset dir="${dist.dir}" includes="include/**"/>
+      <fileset dir="${root.dir}" includes="*.txt"/>
+    </zip>
+    <tar destfile="${dist.dir}/${ant.project.name}.tar.bz2" compression="bzip2">
+      <fileset dir="${dist.dir}" includes="include/**"/>
+      <fileset dir="${root.dir}" includes="*.txt"/>
+    </tar>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="all" depends="configure,test,export,package" description="build, run tests and package application"/>
+  <target name="all" depends="configure,test,export,package" description="configure, build and run tests, export and package distribution"/>
 
 </project>