diff --git a/src/excludefile b/src/excludefile
index 36186e39..d2fcfbba 100644
--- a/src/excludefile
+++ b/src/excludefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ config.cache
 config.log
 config.status
 excludefile
-kde
+kde/recoll_applet
 lib/librcl.a
 makesrcdist.sh
 mk/localdefs