diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5c3f20b..61b5bec 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ cmake.verbose = true
 cmake.minimum-version = "3.12"
 minimum-version = "0.5"
 ninja.make-fallback = false
+sdist.exclude = [".git", "vendor/llama.cpp/.git"]
 
 [tool.scikit-build.metadata.version]
 provider = "scikit_build_core.metadata.regex"