diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a7f891f..c5db390 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -92,12 +92,11 @@ sdl_keymap.cc: gen-sdl-keymap.pl
 .PHONY: dist
 dist: all
 	-mkdir -p $@
-	cp -a lib $@
-# I didn't want to rely on 'rsync' being available to exclude .svn folders
-# or svn being available to properly export directories...
-	find $@ -depth -name '.svn' -exec rm -rf {} ';'
+	svn export lib $@/lib
+	svn export doc $@/doc
 	cp $(TARGET) $@
 ifeq ($(WINDOWS),1)
+# copy DLLs to distribution directory
 	cp -a $(shell which SDL.dll) $@
 	cp -a $(shell which SDL_image.dll) $@
 # jh 2009-10-29 statically linking with ODE now