diff --git a/kapptemplate/admin/CMakeLists.txt b/kapptemplate/admin/CMakeLists.txt
index 56076c9f..3a883c9d 100644
--- a/kapptemplate/admin/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/kapptemplate/admin/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ install(
   DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../admin/
   DESTINATION ${DATA_INSTALL_DIR}/kapptemplate/admin
   USE_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS
-  REGEX "Makefile(|\\.in|\\.am)$|.*-orig$" EXCLUDE
+  REGEX "Makefile(|\\.in|\\.am)$|.*-orig$|(^|/)\\.git(|modules)$" EXCLUDE
 )
diff --git a/kapptemplate/admin/Makefile.am b/kapptemplate/admin/Makefile.am
index 16847934..3ea7f23f 100644
--- a/kapptemplate/admin/Makefile.am
+++ b/kapptemplate/admin/Makefile.am
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ install-data-local:
 	$(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(kde_datadir)/kapptemplate/admin
 	for file in $(srcdir)/*; do \
 		destfile=`basename $$file`; \
-		if [ -f $$file -a $$destfile != 'Makefile' -a $$destfile != 'Makefile.in' -a $$destfile != 'Makefile.am' ]; then \
+		if [ -f $$file -a $$destfile != 'Makefile' -a $$destfile != 'Makefile.in' -a $$destfile != 'Makefile.am' -a $$destfile != '.git' -a $$destfile != '.gitmodules' ]; then \
 			$(INSTALL_DATA) $$file \
 				$(DESTDIR)$(kde_datadir)/kapptemplate/admin/$$destfile; \
 		fi \