diff --git a/project/config/cfgdefs.sh b/project/config/cfgdefs.sh
index 4f07150..4e3cf18 100644
--- a/project/config/cfgdefs.sh
+++ b/project/config/cfgdefs.sh
@@ -68,11 +68,62 @@ cfgdefs_output_custom_defs()
 }
 
 
+cfgdefs_output_source_lists()
+{
+	# raw m4 macros
+	printf '\n\nAUTOMAKE_M4_SOURCE_FILES = \\\n' \
+			>> "$mb_pwd/cfgdefs.mk"
+
+	printf '\t$(SOURCE_DIR)/%s \\\n'                       \
+		$(grep '/m4/' "$mb_source_dir"/MANIFEST.RAWBALL \
+			| grep -v -e '/acdir/' -e '/internal/'   \
+			| grep -v -e '/amversion.in'              \
+			| cut -d' ' -f3)                           \
+			>> "$mb_pwd/cfgdefs.mk"
+
+
+	# raw am snippets
+	printf '\n\nAUTOMAKE_AM_SOURCE_FILES = \\\n' \
+			>> "$mb_pwd/cfgdefs.mk"
+
+	printf '\t$(SOURCE_DIR)/%s \\\n'                       \
+		$(grep '/am/' "$mb_source_dir"/MANIFEST.RAWBALL \
+			| cut -d' ' -f3)                          \
+			>> "$mb_pwd/cfgdefs.mk"
+
+
+	# raw perl scripts
+	printf '\n\nAUTOMAKE_PM_SOURCE_FILES = \\\n' \
+			>> "$mb_pwd/cfgdefs.mk"
+
+	printf '\t$(SOURCE_DIR)/%s \\\n'                             \
+		$(grep '/Automake/' "$mb_source_dir"/MANIFEST.RAWBALL \
+			| cut -d' ' -f3)                               \
+			>> "$mb_pwd/cfgdefs.mk"
+
+
+	# raw automake scripts
+	printf '\n\nAUTOMAKE_LIB_SOURCE_FILES = \\\n' \
+			>> "$mb_pwd/cfgdefs.mk"
+
+	printf '\t$(SOURCE_DIR)/%s \\\n'                        \
+		$(grep '/lib/' "$mb_source_dir"/MANIFEST.RAWBALL \
+			| grep -v -e '/am/' -e '/Automake/'       \
+			| cut -d' ' -f3)                           \
+			>> "$mb_pwd/cfgdefs.mk"
+
+	printf '\n\n'   >> "$mb_pwd/cfgdefs.mk"
+}
+
+
 # automake version info
 cfgdefs_detect_automake_version
 
 # cfgdefs.in --> cfgdefs.mk
 cfgdefs_output_custom_defs
 
+# create a list of raw files to install
+cfgdefs_output_source_lists
+
 # all done
 return 0