diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING b/CONTRIBUTING.md
similarity index 100%
rename from CONTRIBUTING
rename to CONTRIBUTING.md
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 61c59b9fba..c38f215ac2 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -5466,7 +5466,7 @@ plugin_LTLIBRARIES += $(core_plugins)
 TESTS += $(check_programs)
 
 EXTRA_DIST += \
-	CONTRIBUTING \
+	CONTRIBUTING.md \
 	COPYING.LGPL \
 	COPYING.GFDL \
 	\
diff --git a/contrib/fedora/rpm/NetworkManager.spec b/contrib/fedora/rpm/NetworkManager.spec
index ce6cb41397..0ba5fe37a0 100644
--- a/contrib/fedora/rpm/NetworkManager.spec
+++ b/contrib/fedora/rpm/NetworkManager.spec
@@ -1019,7 +1019,7 @@ fi
 %{systemd_dir}/NetworkManager-dispatcher.service
 %dir %{_datadir}/doc/NetworkManager/examples
 %{_datadir}/doc/NetworkManager/examples/server.conf
-%doc NEWS AUTHORS README CONTRIBUTING TODO
+%doc NEWS AUTHORS README CONTRIBUTING.md TODO
 %license COPYING
 %license COPYING.LGPL
 %license COPYING.GFDL