diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 5649c906da9..25753387638 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 
   <patternset id="src.dist.patterns"
               includes="src/,build.xml,*build*.xml,docs/,*.txt,contrib/,"
-              excludes="contrib/db/*/lib/,contrib/*/ext-libs/,src/site/build/"
+              excludes="contrib/db/*/lib/,contrib/*/ext-libs/,src/site/build/,contrib/benchmark/temp/*,contrib/benchmark/work/*"
   />
   <patternset id="binary.build.dist.patterns"
               includes="${final.name}.jar,${demo.war.name}.war,${demo.name}.jar,docs/,contrib/*/*.jar"