diff --git a/contrib/add_Id b/contrib/add_Id
index d0502affdd..1d8cd48734 100755
--- a/contrib/add_Id
+++ b/contrib/add_Id
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #
 export ADD_ID_FORTRAN=${NWCHEM_TOP}/contrib/add_Id_Fortran
 export ADD_ID_C=${NWCHEM_TOP}/contrib/add_Id_C
+export ADD_ID_MAKEFILE=${NWCHEM_TOP}/contrib/add_Id_Makefile
 #
 echo -n "Adding \$Id: \$ to Fortran header files... "
 find . -name "*.fh" ! -exec grep Id: {} \; -exec $ADD_ID_FORTRAN {} \; 2>&1 > /dev/null
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ find . -name "*.f" ! -exec grep Id: {} \; -exec $ADD_ID_FORTRAN {} \; 2>&1 > /de
 find . -name "*.F" ! -exec grep Id: {} \; -exec $ADD_ID_FORTRAN {} \; 2>&1 > /dev/null
 echo "Done"
 echo -n "Adding \$Id: \$ to C header files...       "
+find . -name "make*.h" ! -exec grep Id: {} \; -exec $ADD_ID_MAKEFILE {} \; 2>&1 > /dev/null
 find . -name "*.h" ! -exec grep Id: {} \; -exec $ADD_ID_C {} \; 2>&1 > /dev/null
 echo "Done"
 echo -n "Adding \$Id: \$ to C source files...       "
diff --git a/contrib/add_Id_Makefile b/contrib/add_Id_Makefile
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..0c0db740f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/add_Id_Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Add the $Id: $ construct to a Makefile. For simplicity it is simply appended.
+# This is used to avoid adding the C-style construct in Makefile include files.
+#
+echo "# \$Id: \$" >> $1