diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 060417eabed..4d801910fdf 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ CONTAINER_ENGINE ?= docker
 DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG ?= latest
 LOCAL_CLANG ?= 0
 LOCAL_CLANG_FORMAT ?= 0
-FORMAT_FIND_FLAGS ?= -name '*.c' -o -name '*.h' -not -path 'bpf/include/vmlinux.h' -not -path 'bpf/include/api.h' -not -path 'bpf/libbpf/*'
+FORMAT_FIND_FLAGS ?= -name '*.c' -o -name '*.h' -not -path 'bpf/include/vmlinux.h' -not -path 'bpf/include/api.h' -not -path 'bpf/libbpf/*' -not -path 'bpf/include/vmlinux_generated_*'
 NOOPT ?= 0
 CLANG_IMAGE = quay.io/cilium/clang:b97f5b3d5c38da62fb009f21a53cd42aefd54a2f@sha256:e1c8ed0acd2e24ed05377f2861d8174af28e09bef3bbc79649c8eba165207df0
 TESTER_PROGS_DIR = "contrib/tester-progs"