diff --git a/debian/Makefile.to_fakebuild_tar_package b/debian/Makefile.to_fakebuild_tar_package
index 91bbc54..094f35c 100644
--- a/debian/Makefile.to_fakebuild_tar_package
+++ b/debian/Makefile.to_fakebuild_tar_package
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ install:
 	cp $(SRC_BIN)/kasmvncpasswd $(DESTDIR)/usr/bin/
 	cp $(SRC_BIN)/kasmvncpasswd $(DESTDIR)/usr/bin/
 	cp -r $(SRC)/share/doc/kasmvnc*/* $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/doc/kasmvncserver/
-	cp -r $(SRC)/share/kasmvnc $(DESTDIR)/usr/share
+	rsync -r --exclude '.git*' $(SRC)/share/kasmvnc $(DESTDIR)/usr/share
 	cp $(SRC)/man/man1/Xvnc.1 $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/man/man1/Xkasmvnc.1
 	cp $(SRC)/share/man/man1/vncserver.1 $(DST_MAN)/kasmvncserver.1
 	cp $(SRC)/share/man/man1/vncpasswd.1 $(DST_MAN)/kasmvncpasswd.1
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 74d8471..ad5bf46 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: kasmvnc
 Section: x11
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Kasm Technologies LLC <info@kasmweb.com>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 11)
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 11), rsync
 Standards-Version: 4.1.3
 Homepage: https://github.com/kasmtech/KasmVNC
 #Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/kasmvnc