diff --git a/MANIFEST.SKIP b/MANIFEST.SKIP
index 97205f7c..d6b8f801 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.SKIP
+++ b/MANIFEST.SKIP
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 \bCVS\b
 ^MANIFEST\.
 ^Makefile$
+^Build$
 ~$
 ^#
 \.old$
diff --git a/dev-bin/release.sh b/dev-bin/release.sh
index c33123ca..01e52678 100755
--- a/dev-bin/release.sh
+++ b/dev-bin/release.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 # Make sure we are at the right directory.
 cd $(dirname $0)/..
 
+git clean -xdf
+
 CURRENT_VERSION=$(egrep 'our \$VERSION = "[\.0-9]+";' lib/App/perlbrew.pm  | egrep -o '[0-9]+' | tail -1)
 RELEASE_VERSION=0.$((CURRENT_VERSION+1))
 RELEASE_TIMESTAMP=$(date +'%FT%T%z')