diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ce0f7ae..3c4c70f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Changes in version 1.8.1 - Christmas Release
-Sun Dec 18 2011 Davide Madrisan <davide.madrisan(a)gmail.com>
+Tue Dec 20 2011 Davide Madrisan <davide.madrisan(a)gmail.com>
 
 + update
   * libapse - Silvan Calarco:
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ Sun Dec 18 2011 Davide Madrisan <davide.madrisan(a)gmail.com>
     Support library packages with a name not starting by 'lib'.
     (Feature asked by Silvan Calarco)
 
++ update
+  * Makefile: do no package file located in the .git directory (make dist).
+
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 Changes in version 1.8.0
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index dfbe6a0..cbc5b9e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -163,7 +163,8 @@ dist: clean
 	@rm -f history/$(dist_archive)
 	@echo "Creating the compressed tarball..."
 	@$(INSTALL_DIR) history
-	tar cf - --exclude=history -C .. $(distdir) |\
+	tar cf - --exclude=history --exclude=.git \
+	   -C .. $(distdir) |\
 	   bzip2 -9 -c > history/$(dist_archive)
 
 dist-rpm: dist $(PACKAGE).spec