1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch/cvs.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch/cvs.py
index 1064b09e11..42d71ba9fe 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch/cvs.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch/cvs.py
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ class Cvs(Fetch):
         # tar them up to a defined filename
         if 'fullpath' in ud.parm:
             os.chdir(pkgdir)
-            myret = os.system("tar -czf %s %s" % (ud.localpath, localdir))
+            myret = os.system("tar --exclude 'CVS' -czf %s %s" % (ud.localpath, localdir))
         else:
             os.chdir(moddir)
             os.chdir('..')