diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3e117e9..bb740d5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SOURCES=src/pugixml.cpp $(filter-out tests/fuzz_%,$(wildcard tests/*.cpp))
 EXECUTABLE=$(BUILD)/test
 
 VERSION=$(shell sed -n 's/.*version \(.*\).*/\1/p' src/pugiconfig.hpp)
-RELEASE=$(filter-out scripts/archive.py docs/%.adoc,$(shell git ls-files docs scripts src CMakeLists.txt readme.txt))
+RELEASE=$(filter-out scripts/archive.py docs/%.adoc,$(shell git ls-files docs scripts src CMakeLists.txt LICENSE.md readme.txt))
 
 CXXFLAGS=-g -Wall -Wextra -Werror -pedantic -Wundef -Wshadow -Wcast-align -Wcast-qual -Wold-style-cast -Wdouble-promotion
 LDFLAGS=