diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index eda5d2aea..257ff6594 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -53,3 +53,7 @@ build/images/nginx/aws.tfvars
 build/images/nginx/env.tfvars
 
 images/fastcgi-helloserver/rootfs/fastcgi-helloserver
+
+cmd/plugin/release/ingress-nginx.yaml
+cmd/plugin/release/*.tar.gz
+cmd/plugin/release/LICENSE
diff --git a/build/build-plugin.sh b/build/build-plugin.sh
index a1e116fb3..ad8346abe 100755
--- a/build/build-plugin.sh
+++ b/build/build-plugin.sh
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ function build_for_arch(){
       -X ${PKG}/version.REPO=${REPO_INFO}" \
     -o "${release}/kubectl-ingress_nginx${extension}" "${PKG}/cmd/plugin"
 
-    tar -C "${release}" -zcvf "${release}/kubectl-ingress_nginx-${os}-${arch}.tar.gz" "kubectl-ingress_nginx${extension}"
+    cp LICENSE ${release}
+    tar -C "${release}" -zcvf "${release}/kubectl-ingress_nginx-${os}-${arch}.tar.gz" "kubectl-ingress_nginx${extension}" LICENSE
     rm "${release}/kubectl-ingress_nginx${extension}"
     hash=$(sha256sum "${release}/kubectl-ingress_nginx-${os}-${arch}.tar.gz" | awk '{ print $1 }')
     sed -i "s/%%%shasum_${os}_${arch}%%%/${hash}/g" "${release}/ingress-nginx.yaml"