diff --git a/new-version.sh b/new-version.sh
index ab51054..57e89af 100644
--- a/new-version.sh
+++ b/new-version.sh
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@
 $test git commit -m"Bump version to $version" \
 	configure.ac \
 	fontconfig/fontconfig.h \
+	meson.build \
 	README
 
 # tag the tree