diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1c3de00..48fdaf0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ all: $(foreach distro_release, $(SUPPORTED), package-$(distro_release))
 .PHONY: package-gentoo
 package-gentoo:
 	mkdir -p $(BUILD_DIR)/gentoo
-	tar --transform "s,^\.,$(PACKAGE_NAME)-$(VERSION)," -acjf $(BUILD_DIR)/gentoo/$(PACKAGE_NAME)-$(VERSION).tar.bz2 --exclude $(BUILD_DIR) .
+	tar --transform "s,^\.,$(PACKAGE_NAME)-$(VERSION)," -acjf $(BUILD_DIR)/gentoo/$(PACKAGE_NAME)-$(VERSION).tar.bz2 --exclude .gitignore $(shell git ls-tree --full-tree --name-only -r HEAD)
 
 
 # Create a deb package