diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dab42ad..02f02c2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
 *
 !*/
 !*.*
-build
+
+# ignore all cmake build files, except version.h
+build/*
+!build/lib/
+build/lib/*
+!build/lib/includes/
+build/lib/includes/*
+!build/lib/includes/ngtcp2/
+build/lib/includes/ngtcp2/*
+!build/lib/includes/ngtcp2/version.h
diff --git a/ngtcp2.nimble b/ngtcp2.nimble
index 4731ef3..2898089 100644
--- a/ngtcp2.nimble
+++ b/ngtcp2.nimble
@@ -3,5 +3,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 author = "Status Research & Development GmbH"
 description = "Nim wrapper around the ngtcp2 library"
 license = "MIT"
+installDirs = @["sources", "build"]
+installFiles = @["ngtcp2.nim"]
 
 requires "nim >= 1.2.6"