diff --git a/doc/sgml/de_DE/Makefile.am b/doc/sgml/de_DE/Makefile.am
index accbbb3d23..15cd9411d6 100644
--- a/doc/sgml/de_DE/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/sgml/de_DE/Makefile.am
@@ -83,6 +83,6 @@ dist-hook:
 	mkdir $(distdir)/gnucash/image
 	mkdir $(distdir)/gnucash/stylesheet-images
 	cp gnucash/*.html $(distdir)/gnucash
-	cp gnucash/image/*.png $(distdir)/gnucash/image
+	-cp gnucash/image/*.png $(distdir)/gnucash/image
 	-cp gnucash/*.css $(distdir)/gnucash
 	-cp gnucash/stylesheet-images/*.gif $(distdir)/gnucash/stylesheet-images