diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index b009b284f12237d0cda0f44d520168b4e6ee750a..9d542a08646b15b0a1d526c20a1503deaaafb46a 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -1218,7 +1218,7 @@ exclude_file_name_regexp--sc_prohibit_include_public_headers_brackets = \
   ^(tools/|examples/|include/libvirt/(virterror|libvirt(-(admin|qemu|lxc))?)\.h$$)
 
 exclude_file_name_regexp--sc_prohibit_int_ijk = \
-  ^(src/remote_protocol-structs|src/remote/remote_protocol.x|cfg.mk|include/)$
+  ^(src/remote_protocol-structs|src/remote/remote_protocol\.x|cfg\.mk|include/libvirt/libvirt.+)$$
 
 exclude_file_name_regexp--sc_prohibit_getenv = \
   ^tests/.*\.[ch]$$