diff --git a/activities/chat/Makefile.am b/activities/chat/Makefile.am
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index 00000000..b97f7480
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activities/chat/Makefile.am
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+sugardir = $(pkgdatadir)/activities/chat
+sugar_PYTHON =			\
+	__init__.py		\
+	ChatActivity.py
+
+activitydir = $(pkgdatadir)/activities/chat
+activity_DATA = chat.activity
+
+EXTRA_DIST = $(activity_DATA)
diff --git a/activities/chat/__init__.py b/activities/chat/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b