diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 73381a2d..ce279f70 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -662,7 +662,8 @@ dist_man1_MANS = doc/man/recoll.1 doc/man/recollq.1 doc/man/recollindex.1
 dist_man5_MANS = doc/man/recoll.conf.5
 
 dist-hook:
-	modified=`hg status | grep -v /$(distdir)/|grep -v debianunitysco`; \
+	modified=`hg status | \
+        grep -v /$(distdir)/|egrep -v 'debianunitysco|packaging|website'`; \
 	if test ! -z "$$modified"; then \
             echo Local directory is modified: $$modified ; exit 1; fi
 	hg tag -f -m "Release $(VERSION) tagged" RECOLL-$(VERSION)