diff --git a/.github/workflows/c-cpp.yml b/.github/workflows/c-cpp.yml
index 8df4708b5..1a726fb05 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/c-cpp.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/c-cpp.yml
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ name: C/C++ CI
 
 on:
   push:
-    paths: [ '**.c', '**.h', '**.m4', '**.sh', '.github/**', 'Makefile.in', 'configure.ac' ]
+    paths: [ '**.c', '**.h', '**.m4', '**.sh', '.github/**', '**/Makefile.in', 'configure.ac' ]
   pull_request:
-    paths: [ '**.c', '**.h', '**.m4', '**.sh', '.github/**', 'Makefile.in', 'configure.ac' ]
+    paths: [ '**.c', '**.h', '**.m4', '**.sh', '.github/**', '**/Makefile.in', 'configure.ac' ]
 
 jobs:
   ci:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/selfhosted.yml b/.github/workflows/selfhosted.yml
index ca87d8770..2c03d148d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/selfhosted.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/selfhosted.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: C/C++ CI self-hosted
 
 on:
   push:
-    paths: [ '**.c', '**.h', '**.m4', '**.sh', '.github/**', 'Makefile.in', 'configure.ac' ]
+    paths: [ '**.c', '**.h', '**.m4', '**.sh', '.github/**', '**/Makefile.in', 'configure.ac' ]
 
 jobs:
   selfhosted: