3 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/collectors/checks.plugin/Makefile.am b/collectors/checks.plugin/Makefile.am
index babdcf0df..19554bed8 100644
--- a/collectors/checks.plugin/Makefile.am
+++ b/collectors/checks.plugin/Makefile.am
@@ -2,3 +2,7 @@
 
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = subdir-objects
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = $(srcdir)/Makefile.in
+
+dist_noinst_DATA = \
+	README.md \
+	$(NULL)
diff --git a/collectors/checks.plugin/Makefile.in b/collectors/checks.plugin/Makefile.in
index 632125466..faadbe58a 100644
--- a/collectors/checks.plugin/Makefile.in
+++ b/collectors/checks.plugin/Makefile.in
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 @SET_MAKE@
 
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
 VPATH = @srcdir@
 am__is_gnu_make = test -n '$(MAKEFILE_LIST)' && test -n '$(MAKELEVEL)'
 am__make_running_with_option = \
@@ -80,7 +81,8 @@ POST_UNINSTALL = :
 build_triplet = @build@
 host_triplet = @host@
 subdir = collectors/checks.plugin
-DIST_COMMON = $(srcdir)/Makefile.in $(srcdir)/Makefile.am
+DIST_COMMON = $(srcdir)/Makefile.in $(srcdir)/Makefile.am \
+	$(dist_noinst_DATA)
 ACLOCAL_M4 = $(top_srcdir)/aclocal.m4
 am__aclocal_m4_deps = $(top_srcdir)/build/m4/ax_c___atomic.m4 \
 	$(top_srcdir)/build/m4/ax_c__generic.m4 \
@@ -117,6 +119,7 @@ am__can_run_installinfo = \
     n|no|NO) false;; \
     *) (install-info --version) >/dev/null 2>&1;; \
   esac
+DATA = $(dist_noinst_DATA)
 am__tagged_files = $(HEADERS) $(SOURCES) $(TAGS_FILES) $(LISP)
 DISTFILES = $(DIST_COMMON) $(DIST_SOURCES) $(TEXINFOS) $(EXTRA_DIST)
 ACLOCAL = @ACLOCAL@
@@ -267,6 +270,10 @@ varlibdir = @varlibdir@
 webdir = @webdir@
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = subdir-objects
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = $(srcdir)/Makefile.in
+dist_noinst_DATA = \
+	README.md \
+	$(NULL)
+
 all: all-am
 
 .SUFFIXES:
@@ -339,7 +346,7 @@ distdir: $(DISTFILES)
 	done
 check-am: all-am
 check: check-am
-all-am: Makefile
+all-am: Makefile $(DATA)
 installdirs:
 install: install-am
 install-exec: install-exec-am
diff --git a/collectors/checks.plugin/README.md b/collectors/checks.plugin/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..503b96ada
--- /dev/null
+++ b/collectors/checks.plugin/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Netdata internal checks
+
+A debugging plugin (by default it is disabled)