diff --git a/make-dist b/make-dist
index 4b141cfe225..592d3ca5e96 100755
--- a/make-dist
+++ b/make-dist
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ for subdir in lisp site-lisp lispref lispintro \
 	      leim/SKK-DIC leim/ja-dic leim/quail \
 	      src src/m src/s src/bitmaps lib-src oldXMenu lwlib \
 	      nt nt/inc nt/inc/sys nt/inc/arpa nt/inc/netinet nt/icons \
-	      etc etc/e \
+	      etc etc/charsets etc/e \
 	      etc/images etc/images/ezimage etc/images/gnus etc/images/gud \
 	      etc/images/icons etc/images/low-color etc/images/mail \
 	      etc/images/smilies etc/tree-widget etc/tree-widget/default \
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ echo "Making links to \`etc'"
 ### Don't distribute gfdl.1, since no man page references it.
 (cd etc
  files=`ls -d * | grep -v CVS | grep -v RCS | grep -v 'Old' | grep -v '^e$' \
-        | grep -v '^images$' | grep -v '^tree-widget$'`
+        | grep -v '^charsets$' | grep -v '^images$' | grep -v '^tree-widget$'`
  ln $files ../${tempdir}/etc
  ## If we ended up with a symlink, or if we did not get anything
  ## due to a cross-device symlink, copy the file.
@@ -588,6 +588,12 @@ echo "Making links to \`etc'"
  rm -f DOC* *~ \#*\# *.dvi *.log *.orig *.rej *,v =* core
  rm -f TAGS)
 
+echo "Making links to \`etc/charsets'"
+(cd etc/charsets
+ ln `ls -d * | grep -v CVS | grep -v RCS` ../../${tempdir}/etc/charsets
+ cd ../../${tempdir}/etc/charsets
+ rm -f *~ \#*\# *,v =* core)
+
 echo "Making links to \`etc/e'"
 (cd etc/e
  ln `ls -d * | grep -v CVS | grep -v RCS` ../../${tempdir}/etc/e