diff --git a/extract-current.sh b/extract-current.sh
index 848459771c..d1694a195a 100755
--- a/extract-current.sh
+++ b/extract-current.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-git archive -v --format=tar --prefix=lammps-current/  HEAD  README LICENSE doc/Manual.pdf src lib tools/*.cpp tools/*.f | gzip -9c - > ../lammps-current.tar.gz
+git archive -v --format=tar --prefix=lammps-current/  HEAD  README LICENSE doc/Manual.pdf src lib python bench potentials tools/*.cpp tools/*.f | gzip -9c - > ../lammps-current.tar.gz