diff --git a/lib/Module/CPANTS/Kwalitee/Distname.pm b/lib/Module/CPANTS/Kwalitee/Distname.pm
index 2788403..1fb7b2b 100644
--- a/lib/Module/CPANTS/Kwalitee/Distname.pm
+++ b/lib/Module/CPANTS/Kwalitee/Distname.pm
@@ -56,12 +56,14 @@ sub kwalitee_indicators {
             name=>'has_version',
             error=>"The package filename (eg. Foo-Bar-1.42.tar.gz) does not include a version number (or something that looks like a reasonable version number to CPAN::DistnameInfo)",
             remedy=>q{Add a version number to the packed distribution. Or use a buildtool ('make dist' or 'Build dist')},
+            needs_tarball=>1,
             code=>sub { shift->{version} ? 1 : 0 }
         },
         {
             name=>'has_proper_version',
             error=>"The version number isn't a number. It probably contains letter besides a leading 'v', which it shouldn't",
             remedy=>q{Remove all letters from the version number. If you want to mark a release as a developer release, use the scheme 'Module-1.00_01'},
+            needs_tarball=>1,
             code=>sub { my $v=shift->{version};
                  return 0 unless $v;
                  return 1 if ($v=~ /\A v? \d+ (?:\.\d+)* (?:_\d+)? (\-TRIAL)?\z/xi );
diff --git a/lib/Module/CPANTS/Kwalitee/Files.pm b/lib/Module/CPANTS/Kwalitee/Files.pm
index 5e2bd09..b0a89e0 100644
--- a/lib/Module/CPANTS/Kwalitee/Files.pm
+++ b/lib/Module/CPANTS/Kwalitee/Files.pm
@@ -184,12 +184,14 @@ sub kwalitee_indicators {
         name=>'extractable',
         error=>q{This package uses an unknown packaging format. CPANTS can handle tar.gz, tgz and zip archives. No kwalitee metrics have been calculated.},
         remedy=>q{Pack the distribution with tar & gzip or zip.},
+        needs_tarball=>1,
         code=>sub { shift->{extractable} ? 1 : -100 },
     },
     {
         name=>'extracts_nicely',
         error=>q{This package doesn't create a directory and extracts its content into this directory. Instead, it spews its content into the current directory, making it really hard/annoying to remove the unpacked package.},
         remedy=>q{Issue the command to pack the distribution in the directory above it. Or use a buildtool ('make dist' or 'Build dist')},
+        needs_tarball=>1,
         code=>sub { shift->{extracts_nicely} ? 1 : 0},
     },
     {
@@ -213,7 +215,7 @@ sub kwalitee_indicators {
     {
         name=>'has_buildtool',
         error=>q{Makefile.PL and/or Build.PL are missing. This makes installing this distribution hard for humans and impossible for automated tools like CPAN/CPANPLUS},
-        remedy=>q{Use a buildtool like Module::Build (recomended) or ExtUtils::MakeMaker to manage your distribution},
+        remedy=>q{Use a buildtool like Module::Build (recommended) or ExtUtils::MakeMaker to manage your distribution},
         code=>sub {
             my $d=shift;
             return 1 if $d->{file_makefile_pl} || $d->{file_build_pl};
@@ -275,6 +277,7 @@ sub kwalitee_indicators {
         name=>'no_generated_files',
         error=>q{This distribution has a file that should be generated at build time, not distributed by the author.},
         remedy=>q{Remove the offending file!},
+        no_build=>1,
         code=>sub {
             my $d=shift;
             #die Dumper \%generated_db_files;
diff --git a/lib/Module/CPANTS/Kwalitee/Manifest.pm b/lib/Module/CPANTS/Kwalitee/Manifest.pm
index c5ac127..c9f89f8 100644
--- a/lib/Module/CPANTS/Kwalitee/Manifest.pm
+++ b/lib/Module/CPANTS/Kwalitee/Manifest.pm
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ sub kwalitee_indicators {
             name=>'manifest_matches_dist',
             error=>q{MANIFEST does not match the contents of this distribution. See 'error_manifest_matches_dist' in the dist view for more info.},
             remedy=>q{Use a buildtool to generate the MANIFEST. Or update MANIFEST manually.},
+            needs_tarball=>1,
             code=>sub { shift->{manifest_matches_dist} ? 1 : 0 },
         }
     ];