diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index f9bfd71872f01c360471cf497cf02b8a2a0e0a58..f5dce8ee4b6fe8d3c3071e2f2b7ccc0de05b8e57 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -55,5 +55,16 @@
         "branch-alias": {
             "dev-master": "1.0-dev"
         }
+    },
+    "archive": {
+        "exclude": [
+            "!vendor",
+            "phpunit.xml.dist",
+            "phpci.yml",
+            "phpmd.xml",
+            "apigen.neon",
+            ".git*"
+        ]
     }
+
 }