diff --git a/dev/mkdist b/dev/mkdist
index 52afa57..a01db96 100755
--- a/dev/mkdist
+++ b/dev/mkdist
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ msg() {
 }
 
 msg "== Checking current directory"
+[ -f ./MANIFEST ] || {
+    msg "**** Cannot find ./MANIFEST"
+    exit 1
+}
 [ -f ./lib/${modulepath} ] || {
     msg "**** Cannot find ./lib/${modulepath}"
     exit 1
@@ -38,6 +42,12 @@ msg "== Running through perltidy"
     exit 1
 }
 
+msg "== Sorting contents of MANIFEST"
+{ sort MANIFEST > __manifest && mv __manifest MANIFEST; } || {
+    msg "**** Cannot sort the MANIFEST file. Aborting."
+    exit 1
+}
+
 msg "== Running ./Build.PL"
 perl ./Build.PL || exit 1
 
diff --git a/examples/test1.ldif b/examples/single-entry.ldif
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/test1.ldif
rename to examples/single-entry.ldif