diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c0a1fc30b6..bfd6fa50b8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 /.full
 /lib/*/ebin/*
 /lib/*/test/tmp
+/lib/elixir/src/elixir.app.src
 /lib/elixir/src/*_lexer.erl
 /lib/elixir/src/*_parser.erl
 /lib/elixir/test/ebin
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index dd17f9324a..6594b13724 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -43,7 +43,11 @@ endef
 #==> Compilation tasks
 KERNEL:=lib/elixir/ebin/__MAIN__-Elixir-Builtin.beam
 
-compile: erlang elixir
+compile: lib/elixir/src/elixir.app.src erlang elixir
+
+lib/elixir/src/elixir.app.src: src/elixir.app.src
+	@ rm -rf lib/elixir/src/elixir.app.src
+	@ cp src/elixir.app.src lib/elixir/src/elixir.app.src
 
 erlang:
 	@ cd lib/elixir && $(REBAR) compile
diff --git a/lib/elixir/src/elixir.app.src b/src/elixir.app.src
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/elixir/src/elixir.app.src
rename to src/elixir.app.src