diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3438a360..4318c138 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ define AUTOTOOLS_BUILD
 endef
 
 # include github related functions
-include $(PWD)/github.mk
+include $(PWD)/mxe.github.mk
 
 # shared lib preload to disable networking, enable faketime etc
 PRELOAD_VARS := LD_PRELOAD DYLD_FORCE_FLAT_NAMESPACE DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES
@@ -1081,5 +1081,5 @@ docs/packages.json: $(foreach 1,$(PKGS),$(PKG_MAKEFILES))
 	@echo '}'                        >> $@
 
 # for other mxe functions
-include patch.mk
-include updates.mk
+include mxe.patch.mk
+include mxe.updates.mk
diff --git a/github.mk b/mxe.github.mk
similarity index 100%
rename from github.mk
rename to mxe.github.mk
diff --git a/patch.mk b/mxe.patch.mk
similarity index 100%
rename from patch.mk
rename to mxe.patch.mk
diff --git a/updates.mk b/mxe.updates.mk
similarity index 100%
rename from updates.mk
rename to mxe.updates.mk
diff --git a/tools/build-pkg.lua b/tools/build-pkg.lua
index d1c3c7f9..90949c6a 100755
--- a/tools/build-pkg.lua
+++ b/tools/build-pkg.lua
@@ -1057,14 +1057,16 @@ local function makeMxeSourcePackage()
     -- dependencies
     local deps = {}
     local files = {
+        'docs',
+        'ext',
         'LICENSE.md',
         'Makefile',
-        'patch.mk',
+        'mxe.github.mk',
+        'mxe.patch.mk',
+        'mxe.updates.mk',
+        'plugins',
         'README.md',
-        'docs',
-        'ext',
         'src',
-        'plugins',
         'tools',
     }
     local d1 = "MXE source"