diff --git a/dist/scripts/maketarball.sh.in b/dist/scripts/maketarball.sh.in
index 95d6930d..9ffb874f 100755
--- a/dist/scripts/maketarball.sh.in
+++ b/dist/scripts/maketarball.sh.in
@@ -30,10 +30,11 @@ tar -cJf $name-$version.tar.xz \
     --exclude="$root/build" \
     --exclude="$root/zanata.xml" \
     --exclude="$root/.zanata-cache" \
-    --exclude="$root/scripts/maketarball.sh" \
-    --exclude="$root/dist/debian/changelog" \
+    --exclude="$root/debian/changelog" \
+    --exclude="$root/dist/scripts/maketarball.sh" \
     --exclude="$root/dist/pacman/PKGBUILD" \
     --exclude="$root/dist/macos/create-dmg.sh" \
     --exclude="$root/dist/macos/Info.plist" \
     --exclude="$root/dist/windows/windres.rc" \
+    --exclude="$root/src/translations/translations.pot" \
     "$root"