diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index ebd05b67a..1cd5669e6 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ linux-tools (4.1.4-3) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * Adjust for migration to git:
     - Update .gitignore files
     - debian/control: Update Vcs-* fields
+    - debian/rules: Exclude .git from maintainerclean rule
 
  -- Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>  Tue, 11 Aug 2015 18:56:56 +0200
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index f5476e14b..e87348846 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ endif
 
 maintainerclean:
 	rm -f debian/control debian/control.md5sum debian/rules.gen
-	rm -rf $(filter-out debian .svk .svn, $(wildcard * .[^.]*))
+	rm -rf $(filter-out debian .svk .svn .git, $(wildcard * .[^.]*))
 
 clean: debian/control
 	dh_testdir