diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 079458f5..f4ff3cbb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -427,4 +427,4 @@ run-virtualbox-debug: sortix.iso
 # Statistics
 .PHONY: linecount
 linecount:
-	wc -l `find | grep -E '\.h$$|\.h\+\+$$|\.c$$|\.cpp$$|\.c\+\+$$|\.s$$|\.S$$|\.asm$$|Makefile$$' | grep -v sysroot | grep -v sysroot-overlay | grep -v ports` | sort -n
+	wc -l `find . -type f | grep -Ev '\.(h|h\+\+|c$$|cpp|c\+\+|s|S|asm|kblayout|mak|sh)$$|(^|/)Makefile$$' | grep -Ev '^\./(\.git|sysroot|sysroot-overlay|ports|repository)(/|$$)'` | sort -n