diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index de392c7d7b..616995f4f6 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -1047,7 +1047,7 @@ SAMPLES_DIST: ALL_GUI_DIST
 	cp $(SAMPDIR)/image/makefile.unx $(DISTDIR)/samples/image
 	cp $(SAMPDIR)/image/*.cpp $(DISTDIR)/samples/image
 	cp $(SAMPDIR)/image/*.mms $(DISTDIR)/samples/image
-	cp $(SAMPDIR)/image/horse.* $(DISTDIR)/samples/image
+	cp $(SAMPDIR)/image/horse*.* $(DISTDIR)/samples/image
 	cp $(SAMPDIR)/image/smile.xbm $(DISTDIR)/samples/image
 	cp $(SAMPDIR)/image/smile.xpm $(DISTDIR)/samples/image
 
@@ -1498,6 +1498,11 @@ dist-only:
 
 dist: @GUIDIST@
 	@echo "*** Creating wxWindows distribution in $(DISTDIR)..."
+	@# now prune away a lot of the crap included by using cp -R
+	@# in other dist targets.
+	find $(DISTDIR) \( -name "CVS" -o -name ".cvsignore" -o -name "*.dsp" -o -name "*.dsw" -o -name "*.hh*" -o \
+			\( -name "makefile.*" -a ! -name "makefile.unx" \) \) \
+			-print0 | xargs -0 rm -rf
 	@cd _dist_dir && tar ch $(DISTDIRNAME) | gzip -f9 > ../$(WXARCHIVE);
 	@if test "$(USE_GUI)" = 1; then \
 	cd $(DISTDIR); \