diff --git a/cmake/modules/RootNewMacros.cmake b/cmake/modules/RootNewMacros.cmake
index 41f31fd02de90..4111fa3ee1c06 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/RootNewMacros.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/RootNewMacros.cmake
@@ -777,7 +777,8 @@ function(ROOT_INSTALL_HEADERS)
     ROOT_GLOB_FILES(include_files
       RECURSE
       RELATIVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${d}
-      FILTER ${filter} ${d}/*)
+      FILTER ${filter} 
+      ${d}/*.h ${d}/*.hxx ${d}/*.icc )
     foreach (include_file ${include_files})
       set (src ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${d}/${include_file})
       set (dst ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include/${include_file})