diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c00df13..a06fae0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 *.deb
+mmonit-*.gem
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mmonit.gemspec b/mmonit.gemspec
index 7626487..eee632f 100644
--- a/mmonit.gemspec
+++ b/mmonit.gemspec
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
 	gem.summary = 'Ruby interface to M/Monit'
 	gem.description = gem.summary
 	gem.name = 'mmonit'
-	gem.files = `git ls-files`.split("\n")
+	gem.files = Dir.glob("{bin,lib}/**/*") + %w(README.md)
 	gem.require_paths = ['lib']
 	gem.version = MMonit::VERSION
 end