diff --git a/debian/patches/2-docs_DATA.patch b/debian/patches/2-docs_DATA.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d84dbb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/2-docs_DATA.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Description: Fixed files enumerated in Makefile.am
+ docs_DATA lists a few files without the .txt extension
+Author: IOhannes m zmölnig
+---
+This patch header follows DEP-3: http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep3/
+--- frei0r.orig/Makefile.am
++++ frei0r/Makefile.am
+@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
+ pkgconfig_DATA = frei0r.pc
+ 
+ docsdir = ${prefix}/share/doc/${PACKAGE}
+-docs_DATA = README ChangeLog TODO AUTHORS 
++docs_DATA = README.txt ChangeLog.txt TODO.txt AUTHORS.txt
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index fa671dc..52e7385 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 1-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE.patch
+2-docs_DATA.patch
 1-build-doc.patch
 1-fix-spelling.patch