diff --git a/jekyll.gemspec b/jekyll.gemspec
index 74a1629f..7396ec6d 100644
--- a/jekyll.gemspec
+++ b/jekyll.gemspec
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.email    = 'tom@mojombo.com'
   s.homepage = 'https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll'
 
-  s.files         = Dir["lib/**/*.rb"]
+  s.files         = `git ls-files -z`.split("\x0").select{|p|p.start_with?("lib/")}
   s.executables   = s.files.grep(%r{^bin/}) { |f| File.basename(f) }
   s.test_files    = s.files.grep(%r{^(test|spec|features)/})
   s.require_paths = ["lib"]