diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ce574854cc..c4b0866b11 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ ratReport.txt
 .factorypath
 
 # for native build
-**/CMakeCache.txt
-**/CMakeFiles/
-**/Makefile
-**/cmake_install.cmake
+CMakeCache.txt
+CMakeFiles/
+Makefile
+cmake_install.cmake
 
 # this file is generated
 artemis-native/src/main/c/org_apache_activemq_artemis_jlibaio_LibaioContext.h
diff --git a/artemis-distribution/src/main/assembly/source-assembly.xml b/artemis-distribution/src/main/assembly/source-assembly.xml
index acf6b110bb..7f0f00ea88 100644
--- a/artemis-distribution/src/main/assembly/source-assembly.xml
+++ b/artemis-distribution/src/main/assembly/source-assembly.xml
@@ -56,6 +56,21 @@
             <exclude>artemis_doap.rdf</exclude>
             <exclude>artemis-native/bin/</exclude>
 
+            <!-- Files generated from automake -->
+            <exclude>CMakeCache.txt</exclude>
+            <exclude>CMakeFiles/</exclude>
+            <exclude>Makefile</exclude>
+            <exclude>artemis-native/CMakeCache.txt</exclude>
+            <exclude>artemis-native/CMakeFiles/</exclude>
+            <exclude>artemis-native/Makefile</exclude>
+            <exclude>artemis-native/cmake_install.cmake</exclude>
+            <exclude>artemis-native/src/main/c/CMakeFiles/</exclude>
+            <exclude>artemis-native/src/main/c/Makefile</exclude>
+            <exclude>artemis-native/src/main/c/cmake_install.cmake</exclude>
+            <exclude>artemis-native/src/main/c/org_apache_activemq_artemis_jlibaio_LibaioContext.h</exclude>
+            <exclude>cmake_install.cmake</exclude>
+
+
             <!--  build output  -->
             <exclude>
                %regex[(?!((?!${project.build.directory}/)[^/]+/)*src/).*${project.build.directory}.*]
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9a4a781577..ce3554025c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1096,6 +1096,14 @@
                   <exclude>**/node/**</exclude>
                   <exclude>**/node_modules/**</exclude>
                   <exclude>**/package.json</exclude>
+
+                  <!-- things from cmake on the native build -->
+                  <exclude>**/CMakeCache.txt</exclude>
+                  <exclude>**/CMakeFiles/</exclude>
+                  <exclude>**/Makefile</exclude>
+                  <exclude>**/cmake_install.cmake</exclude>
+                  <exclude>artemis-native/src/main/c/org_apache_activemq_artemis_jlibaio_LibaioContext.h</exclude>
+
                </excludes>
             </configuration>
             <executions>