diff --git a/contrib/jenkins.sh b/contrib/jenkins.sh
index 1fd19d1..626160e 100755
--- a/contrib/jenkins.sh
+++ b/contrib/jenkins.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ autoreconf -fi
 ./configure
 $MAKE $PARALLEL_MAKE
 $MAKE $PARALLEL_MAKE check
+$MAKE $PARALLEL_MAKE distcheck
 
 if [ "x$publish" = "x--publish" ]; then
   mkdir out/