diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 40da57eae9c563eb27c28d1e0a724ddeb10601a4..6336dfa513926ca1b1bca28454137afc4e98c3fe 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ set(CPACK_STRIP_FILES TRUE)
 set(CPACK_SOURCE_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME gl2ps-${GL2PS_VERSION}-source)
 set(CPACK_SOURCE_GENERATOR TGZ)
 set(CPACK_SOURCE_IGNORE_FILES "TODO.txt" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}" "/CVS/"
-    "/.svn" "~$" "DS_Store$" "/tmp/" "/bin/" "/lib/")
+    "/.svn" "/.git" "~$" "DS_Store$" "/tmp/" "/bin/" "/lib/")
 if(WIN32)
   set(CPACK_GENERATOR ZIP)
 else(WIN32)