diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 5f17603..8e63b2c 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ DISTCLEANFILES = Makefile.in gluster-block.spec autom4te.cache
 CLEANFILES = *~ gluster-block.spec
 
 EXTRA_DIST = autogen.sh README.md COPYING-GPLV2 COPYING-LGPLV3 \
-						 gluster-block.spec INSTALL
+						 gluster-block.spec INSTALL NEWS
 
 if USE_SYSTEMD
 RPM_WITH_FLAGS = --with systemd
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94098fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+gluster-block initial release 0.1 is tagged.
+Read more at [1] and [2]
+
+[1] https://github.com/gluster/gluster-block/blob/master/README.md
+[2] https://github.com/gluster/gluster-block/blob/master/INSTALL
+
+Cheers!