diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 58f5eddcc..9d2236d01 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ pogen: $(ts) pogen/pogen.js node_modules
 	done; \
 	rm $$pos
 
-dist:
+dist: node_modules
 	$(gulp) srcdist
 
 appdist:
diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index 8c2f5b1c3..49715e4f2 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -32,11 +32,13 @@
 const gulp = require("gulp");
 const map = require("map-stream");
 const zip = require("gulp-zip");
+const gzip = require("gulp-gzip");
+const rename = require("gulp-rename");
+const tar = require("gulp-tar");
 const concat = require("gulp-concat");
-const gspawn = require("gulp-spawn");
-const gexec = require("gulp-exec");
 const ts = require("gulp-typescript");
 const debug = require("gulp-debug");
+const glob = require("glob");
 const jsonTransform = require('gulp-json-transform');
 const fs = require("fs");
 const del = require("del");
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@ const paths = {
       "README",
       "COPYING",
       "Makefile",
+      "configure",
       "gulpfile.js",
       "tsconfig.json",
       "package.json",
@@ -130,6 +133,32 @@ let manifest;
 })();
 
 
+/**
+ * File globbing that works just like
+ * gulp.src(...).
+ */
+function gglob(ps) {
+  let patPos = [];
+  let patNeg = [];
+  for (let x of ps) {
+    if (x.slice(0,1) === "!") {
+      patNeg.push(x.slice(1));
+    } else {
+      patPos.push(x);
+      console.log("Pattern", x);
+   } 
+  }
+  let result = new Set();
+  for (let pat of patPos) {
+    let rs = glob.sync(pat, {ignore: patNeg});
+    for (let r of rs) {
+      result.add(r);
+    }
+  }
+  return Array.from(result);
+}
+
+
 gulp.task("clean", function () {
   return del("build/ext");
 });
@@ -191,9 +220,11 @@ gulp.task("package-unstable", ["compile-prod", "dist-prod", "manifest-unstable"]
  * Create source distribution.
  */
 gulp.task("srcdist", [], function () {
-  let zipname = String.prototype.concat("taler-wallet-webex", manifest.version, "-src.zip");
+  let name = String.prototype.concat("taler-wallet-webex-", manifest.version);
   return gulp.src(paths.srcdist, {buffer: false, stripBOM: false, base: "."})
-             .pipe(zip(zipname))
+             .pipe(rename(function (p) { p.dirname = name + "/" + p.dirname; }))
+             .pipe(tar(name + "-src.tar"))
+             .pipe(gzip())
              .pipe(gulp.dest("."));
 });
 
@@ -203,7 +234,7 @@ gulp.task("srcdist", [], function () {
  * French copyright application.
  */
 gulp.task("appdist", [], function () {
-  let zipname = String.prototype.concat("taler-wallet-webex", manifest.version, "-appsrc.zip");
+  let zipname = String.prototype.concat("taler-wallet-webex-", manifest.version, "-appsrc.zip");
   return gulp.src(paths.appdist, {buffer: false, stripBOM: false, base: "."})
              .pipe(zip(zipname))
              .pipe(gulp.dest("."));
@@ -224,8 +255,8 @@ gulp.task("pogenjs", [], function () {
 /**
  * Extract .po files from source code
  */
-gulp.task("pogen", ["pogenjs"], function () {
-  throw Error("not implemented yet, use 'make pogen'");
+gulp.task("pogen", ["pogenjs"], function (cb) {
+  throw Error("not yet implemented");
 });
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 980375f37..e36b22776 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -15,12 +15,15 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "better-assert": "^1.0.2",
     "del": "^2.2.0",
+    "glob": "^7.0.3",
     "gulp": "^3.9.1",
     "gulp-concat": "^2.6.0",
     "gulp-debug": "^2.1.2",
+    "gulp-gzip": "^1.2.0",
     "gulp-json-transform": "^0.3.0",
-    "gulp-spawn": "^0.3.0",
+    "gulp-rename": "^1.2.2",
     "gulp-stream": "0.0.2",
+    "gulp-tar": "^1.8.0",
     "gulp-typescript": "^2.10.0",
     "gulp-zip": "^3.1.0",
     "jed": "^1.1.0",