diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
index 71d2f36fa..dfc4aeed1 100644
--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2004-11-05 Mike Kestner <mkestner@ximian.com>
 
+	* Makefile.am : copy assemblies into updater so they don't
+	have to be installed to run the updater.
 	* updater/updater.cs : fix for recent corlib bugfix. Thanks
 	to Dan Winship for identifying the solution.
 
diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am
index 6a5a2e225..336053a20 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/Makefile.am
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ gtk-sharp-docs.zip gtk-sharp-docs.tree: $(srcdir)/en/*/*.xml $(srcdir)/en/*.xml
 
 update:
 	for i in $(UPDATE_DIRS); do                    		\
+		cp ../$$i/*.dll updater;				\
 		$(UPDATER) ../$$i/*.dll -o ./en || exit 1;	\
         done