diff --git a/MANIFEST.SKIP b/MANIFEST.SKIP
index 62a55c9a1..775344f06 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.SKIP
+++ b/MANIFEST.SKIP
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ^debian\/
 README.pod
 \..*sw.*
-.git
+^.git/
 blib
 pm_toblib
 ^Makefile$