diff --git a/MANIFEST.SKIP b/MANIFEST.SKIP
index 6a5386c1..421fb9e1 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.SKIP
+++ b/MANIFEST.SKIP
@@ -63,3 +63,8 @@ delme
 
 ^MYMETA\.yml$
 ^MYMETA\.json$
+
+# Avoid git-related files
+.git/
+.github/
+