diff --git a/MANIFEST.SKIP b/MANIFEST.SKIP
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d6bbce428
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.SKIP
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+^CVS/
+/CVS/
+\.git/
+\.svn/
+\.(bak|old)/
+\.(bak|old)$
+\bMakefile$
+\.tar\.
+.*\.tgz
+.*\.log
+.*\.tmp
+.*\.tex
+.*\.key
+.*\.vcd
+/obj_dir/
+/obj_dbg/
+/obj_opt/
+/logs/
+Makefile
+src/Makefile_obj
+include/verilated.mk
+config.cache
+config.status
+verilator_bin.*
+autom4te\.cache/
+nodist/
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index b495c1d2b..355cc9ba1 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -103,19 +103,25 @@ DISTBIN = $(wildcard bin/verilator-*)
 
 DISTFILES_INC = $(INFOS) .cvsignore COPYING *.in *.ac \
 	Changes README TODO \
+	MANIFEST.SKIP \
 	bin/* \
 	install-sh configure mkinstalldirs *.texi \
 	include/verilated.[chv]* \
 	include/verilatedos.[chv]* \
 	include/*.in \
-	src/.cvsignore src/*.in src/*.cpp src/*.[chly] src/astgen src/*fix \
+	include/.*ignore \
+	.*attributes */.*attributes  */*/.*attributes \
+	src/.*ignore src/*.in src/*.cpp src/*.[chly] src/astgen src/*fix \
 	src/*.pl \
-	test_*/.cvsignore test_*/Makefile* test_*/*.cpp \
+	test_*/.*ignore test_*/Makefile* test_*/*.cpp \
 	test_*/*.pl test_*/*.v test_*/*.vc test_*/vlint \
 	test_verilated/vgen*.pl \
-	test_regress/t/*.v* \
-	test_regress/t/*.pl \
+	test_regress/t/*.cpp \
+	test_regress/t/*.h \
+	test_regress/t/*.mem \
 	test_regress/t/*.out \
+	test_regress/t/*.pl \
+	test_regress/t/*.v* \
 	verilator.* \
 
 INST_PROJ_FILES = \
@@ -203,7 +209,7 @@ verilator.pdf: bin/verilator $(DISTCONFIG)
 	mv verilator2.tex verilator.tex
 	pdflatex verilator.tex
 	pdflatex verilator.tex
-	-rm -f verilator.toc verilator.aux verilator.idx
+	-rm -f verilator.toc verilator.aux verilator.idx verilator.out
 
 INSTALL: install.texi
 	$(MAKEINFO) -I$(srcdir) $(srcdir)/install.texi --output=$@ \
@@ -253,8 +259,8 @@ install-project: dist
 	for p in verilator.1 ; do \
 	  $(INSTALL_PROGRAM) -m 0666 $$p $(DIRPROJECT_PREFIX)/man/man1/$$p; \
 	done
-	$(INST_PROJ_CVS) $(DISTNAME).tar.gz $(DIRPROJECT)/hw/utils/verilator/verilator.tgz
-	rm $(DISTNAME).tar.gz
+	$(INST_PROJ_CVS) $(DISTNAME).tgz $(DIRPROJECT)/hw/utils/verilator/verilator.tgz
+	rm $(DISTNAME).tgz
 
 install-project-quick:
 	@echo "Install-project-quick (no strip) to $(DIRPROJECT)"
@@ -331,6 +337,12 @@ TAGFILES=${srcdir}/*/*.cpp ${srcdir}/*/*.h ${srcdir}/*/[a-z]*.in \
 TAGS:	$(TAGFILES)
 	etags $(TAGFILES)
 
+######################################################################
+# Test targets
+
+dist-file-list:
+	@echo "dist-file-list:";  # Scripts look for this
+	@echo $(wildcard $(DISTFILES))
 
 ######################################################################
 # Distributions
@@ -358,6 +370,7 @@ dist: $(DISTDEP) maintainer-copy
 	chmod -R a+r $(DISTNAME)
 	tar chf $(DISTNAME).tar $(DISTNAME)
 	gzip --force --best $(DISTNAME).tar
+	mv $(DISTNAME).tgz $(DISTNAME).tgz
 	rm -fr $(DISTNAME)
 
 maintainer-diff:
@@ -367,4 +380,4 @@ preexist:
 	svnorcvs nexists $(DISTTAGNAME)
 
 maintainer-dist: preexist dist tag
-	svnorcvs release $(DISTNAME).tar.gz
+	svnorcvs release $(DISTNAME).tgz
diff --git a/readme.texi b/readme.texi
index 591915fa6..1ae6a0706 100644
--- a/readme.texi
+++ b/readme.texi
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ The latest version is available at
 @uref{http://www.veripool.org/verilator}
 
 Download the latest package from that site, and decompress.
-@samp{gunzip verilator_version.tar.gz ; tar xvf verilator_version.tar}
+@samp{tar xvzf verilator_version.tgz}
 
 @node Directory Structure, Supported Systems, Obtaining Distribution, Top
 @section Directory Structure
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_dist_manifest.pl b/test_regress/t/t_dist_manifest.pl
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..e5897b9f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_dist_manifest.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+if (!$::Driver) { use FindBin; exec("./driver.pl", @ARGV, $0); die; }
+# $Id$
+# DESCRIPTION: Verilator: Verilog Test driver/expect definition
+#
+# Copyright 2003 by Wilson Snyder. This program is free software; you can
+# redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either the GNU
+# General Public License or the Perl Artistic License.
+
+my $root = "..";
+my $Debug;
+
+###
+# Call once and ignore to rebuild any targets before we need the output
+`cd $root && make dist-file-list`;
+my $manifest_files = `cd $root && make dist-file-list`;
+$manifest_files =~ s!.*dist-file-list:!!sg;
+my %files;
+foreach my $file (split /\s+/,$manifest_files) {
+    next if $file eq '';
+    $files{$file} |= 1;
+}
+
+my $all_files = `cd $root && find . -type f -print`;
+foreach my $file (split /\s+/,$all_files) {
+    next if $file eq '';
+    $file =~ s!^\./!!;
+    $files{$file} |= 2;
+}
+
+my $skip = file_contents("$root/MANIFEST.SKIP");
+foreach my $file (sort keys %files) {
+    foreach my $skip (split /\s+/,$skip) {
+	if ($file =~ /$skip/) {
+	    $files{$file} |= 4;
+	}
+    }
+}
+
+foreach my $file (sort keys %files) {
+    my $tar = $files{$file}&1;
+    my $dir = $files{$file}&2;
+    my $skip = $files{$file}&4;
+
+    print +(($tar ? "TAR ":"    ")
+	    .($dir ? "DIR ":"    ")
+	    .($skip ? "SKIP ":"     ")
+	    ."  $file\n") if $Debug;
+
+    if ($dir && !$tar && !$skip) {
+	$Last_Self->error("File not in manifest or MANIFEST.SKIP: $file");
+    } elsif (!$dir && $tar && !$skip) {
+	$Last_Self->error("File in manifest, but not directory: $file");
+    }
+}
+
+ok(1);
+1;