diff --git a/waku-sys/Cargo.toml b/waku-sys/Cargo.toml
index 61170a0..acc8042 100644
--- a/waku-sys/Cargo.toml
+++ b/waku-sys/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,18 @@ categories = ["network-programming"]
 
 exclude = [
     "vendor/examples/*",
-    "vendor/docs/*"
+    "vendor/docs/*",
+    "vendor/coverage/*",
+    "vendor/pkg/*",
+    "vendor/scripts/*",
+    "vendor/tests/*",
+    "vendor/ci/*",
+    "vendor/cmd/*",
+    "**/*.md",
+    "**/*.lock",
+    "**/*.nix",
+    "**/Makefile",
+    "**/Dockerfile",
 ]
 
 [lib]