diff --git a/xorriso/make_xorriso_standalone.sh b/xorriso/make_xorriso_standalone.sh
index 31cb33e5..942a3fb7 100755
--- a/xorriso/make_xorriso_standalone.sh
+++ b/xorriso/make_xorriso_standalone.sh
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ copy_files \
  COPYING \
  ChangeLog \
  INSTALL \
+ NEWS \
  acinclude.m4 \
  aclocal.m4 \
  bootstrap \