diff --git a/src/excludefile b/src/excludefile
index c9eb72e9..36186e39 100644
--- a/src/excludefile
+++ b/src/excludefile
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 *~
 .#*
 .#*
-./Makefile
 .moc
 .obj
 .ui
diff --git a/src/makesrcdist.sh b/src/makesrcdist.sh
index 9517a989..e94f7144 100644
--- a/src/makesrcdist.sh
+++ b/src/makesrcdist.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-# @(#$Id: makesrcdist.sh,v 1.13 2007-06-26 11:59:42 dockes Exp $  (C) 2005 J.F.Dockes
+# @(#$Id: makesrcdist.sh,v 1.14 2008-10-13 11:46:27 dockes Exp $  (C) 2005 J.F.Dockes
 # A shell-script to make a recoll source distribution
 
 #set -x
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ mv -f $topdir/doc/user/u1.html $topdir/doc/user/usermanual.html
 CVSTAG="RECOLL_$versionforcvs"
 [ $dotag = "yes" ] && (cd ..;cvs tag -F $CVSTAG .)
 
+# Can't now put ./Makefile in excludefile, gets ignored everywhere. So delete
+# the top Makefile here (its' output by configure on the target system):
+rm -f $topdir/Makefile
+
 out=recoll-$version.tar.gz
 (cd $targetdir ; \
     $TAR chf - recoll-$version | \