diff --git a/package/network/utils/conntrack-tools/Makefile b/package/network/utils/conntrack-tools/Makefile
index 3c52441f4ce5fe82b1cb485f5f4a882657bf7221..f5466f3a9658ff61f32a83c331d7377719986d6e 100644
--- a/package/network/utils/conntrack-tools/Makefile
+++ b/package/network/utils/conntrack-tools/Makefile
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ PKG_MAINTAINER:=Jo-Philipp Wich <jow@openwrt.org>
 PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
 PKG_INSTALL:=1
 
+TAR_OPTIONS += --exclude='*.rej'
+
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 
 define Package/conntrack-tools