diff --git a/fog-aws.gemspec b/fog-aws.gemspec
index 9a918eabe..74589491a 100644
--- a/fog-aws.gemspec
+++ b/fog-aws.gemspec
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.homepage      = "https://github.com/fog/fog-aws"
   spec.license       = "MIT"
 
-  spec.files         = `git ls-files -z`.split("\x0")
+  spec.files         = Dir['lib/**/*.rb', 'tests/**/*', 'CHANGELOG.md', 'CONTRIBUTING.md',
+                           'CONTRIBUTORS.md', 'LICENSE.md', 'README.md', 'fog-aws.gemspec',]
   spec.executables   = spec.files.grep(%r{^exe/}) { |f| File.basename(f) }
   spec.test_files    = spec.files.grep(%r{^(test|spec|features)/})
   spec.require_paths = ["lib"]