diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 7c8425b5e..127267ebd 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ SUBDIRS	= include lib sanei backend frontend doc tools po
 DISTFILES = AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog ChangeLog-1.0.0 ChangeLog-1.0.1 \
   ChangeLog-1.0.2 ChangeLog-1.0.3 ChangeLog-1.0.4 ChangeLog-1.0.5 LEVEL2 \
   LICENSE Makefile.in NEWS \
-  PROBLEMS PROJECTS README README.aix README.darwin README.freebsd \
+  PROBLEMS PROJECTS README README.aix README.beos README.darwin \
+  README.freebsd \
   README.hp-ux README.linux README.netbsd \
   README.openbsd README.os2 README.solaris README.unixware2 README.unixware7 \
   TODO acinclude.m4 aclocal.m4 config.guess config.sub configure \
diff --git a/README.beos b/README.beos
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e56b82c50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.beos
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+SANE and BeOS
+-------------
+
+The information in this text is from an article of Philippe Houdoin
+<philippe.houdoin@free.fr> on sane-devel (29 Aug 2002).
+
+SANE 1.0.3 was first ported to BeOS, under the name BeSANE,
+by Massimiliano Origgi:
+http://www.intuiware.com/Products/BeSANE/index.html
+
+SANE 1.0.5 BeOS port and fixes to some issues with original BeSANE port were
+made by Philippe Houdoin but aren't released until now.
+
+BeOS GUI SANE frontend project (by Philippe Houdoin):
+http://philippe.houdoin.free.fr/phil/beos/sanity/index-en.html
+
+Updates of Sanity from Kaya Memisoglu:
+http://www.bebits.com/app/2847
+
+SANE was reported to work with the following configuration and features:
+
+Platform: BeOS R5.0.x ix86
+Latest SANE version tested: 1.0.5
+Compiler: gcc 2.95.3
+User-level SCSI support: yes
+USB support: yes
+Shared library support: yes
+Dynamic loading support: yes  
+X11 clients: no
diff --git a/doc/Makefile.in b/doc/Makefile.in
index f51d34c59..7d5a77860 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile.in
+++ b/doc/Makefile.in
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ SECT5	= sane-abaton.5 sane-agfafocus.5 sane-apple.5 sane-as6e.5 sane-dll.5 \
 SECT7   = sane.7
 MANPAGES = $(SECT1) $(SECT5) $(SECT7)
 READMES = README AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog LEVEL2 LICENSE NEWS PROBLEMS \
-          PROJECTS README README.aix README.hp-ux README.linux README.os2 \
+          PROJECTS README README.aix README.beos README.darwin README.freebsd \
+          README.hp-ux README.linux README.netbsd README.openbsd README.os2 \
           README.solaris README.unixware2 README.unixware7 TODO
 DOCS    = backend-writing.txt sane.ps sane.dvi
 BACKDIRS= canon matsushita mustek mustek_usb umax sceptre teco