diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 239d118..dacc5a5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # make gitignore
 /KoboRoot
+/KoboRoot.tgz
 /src/libnmi.so
 
 /src/qtplugin.moc
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ae7d1ec..e9a5831 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ koboroot:
 	tar czf KoboRoot.tgz -C KoboRoot .; rm -rf KoboRoot
 
 .PHONY: all clean gitignore install koboroot
-override GENERATED += KoboRoot
+override GENERATED += KoboRoot KoboRoot.tgz
 
 src/libnmi.so: override CFLAGS   += $(PTHREAD_CFLAGS) -fPIC
 src/libnmi.so: override CXXFLAGS += $(PTHREAD_CFLAGS) $(QT5CORE_CFLAGS) $(QT5WIDGETS_CFLAGS) -fPIC