diff --git a/src/common/Makefile.am b/src/common/Makefile.am
--- a/src/common/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/common/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pkglib_LTLIBRARIES = libdistrencommon.la
 
-libdistrencommon_la_SOURCES = options.c options.h execio.h execio.c remoteio.h remoteio.c
+libdistrencommon_la_SOURCES = options.c options.h execio.h execio.c remoteio.h libremoteio.h remoteio.c
 #evidently the following should not be LDADD, but LDFLAGS because automake doesn't like the idea of LDADD for libraries for some reason... or I am very confused
 libdistrencommon_la_LIBADD = @DISTLIBS_LIBS@
 libdistrencommon_la_CXXFLAGS = @DISTLIBS_CFLAGS@