diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index a62a0e1..6eded84 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = checkme.lst hyphen.tex tbhyphext.tex tbhyphext.sh \
     ligpatch.txt
 
 hyphen.us3:
-	cp -f $(srcdir)/hyphen.tex hyphen.us
+	cp -f /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/hyphen/hyphen.tex hyphen.us
 	patch < $(srcdir)/hyphen.patch
 	$(srcdir)/tbhyphext.sh <$(srcdir)/tbhyphext.tex >hyphen.us2
 	cat hyphen.us hyphen.us2 | $(AWK) -f $(srcdir)/lig.awk >hyphen.us3