diff --git a/Makefile.PL b/Makefile.PL
index 40ed14704..70bcfda1e 100644
--- a/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Makefile.PL
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ WriteMakefile(
     ABSTRACT_FROM => 'lib/Quiq.pm',
     AUTHOR => 'Frank Seitz <fs@fseitz.de>',
     LICENSE => 'perl_5',
+    dist  => { COMPRESS => 'gzip -9f', SUFFIX => 'gz', },
+    clean => { FILES => 'Quiq-*' },
     test => {
         RECURSIVE_TEST_FILES => 1,
     },