diff --git a/gnu-system.am b/gnu-system.am
index 2bd340a6ed..61dfced1be 100644
--- a/gnu-system.am
+++ b/gnu-system.am
@@ -675,6 +675,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   gnu/packages/patches/ratpoison-shell.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/readline-link-ncurses.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/ripperx-missing-file.patch		\
+  gnu/packages/patches/rsem-makefile.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/sed-hurd-path-max.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/scheme48-tests.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/scotch-test-threading.patch		\