diff --git a/resources/scripts/build/release/src b/resources/scripts/build/release/src
index 7538c5babae67f5f460d857164b1aafe764d40c2..4c9f0bc4b23d330c74ac911fdba753f9f2bfb172 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/build/release/src
+++ b/resources/scripts/build/release/src
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ printf "%s" "${version}" > "${srcdir}"/version
 
 modlist="coreboot flashrom grub memtest86plus seabios me_cleaner u-boot"
 dirlist="resources util" # do not add blobs directory here. it is handled below
-filelist="blobutil modify download build README.md COPYING Makefile update version versiondate projectname .gitcheck"
+filelist="blobutil modify download build README.md COPYING Makefile update version versiondate projectname .gitcheck gitclone"
 
 for modname in ${modlist}; do
     if [ ! -d "${modname}/" ]; then