diff --git a/toolchains/arduino/org.eclipse.cdt.arduino-feature/build.properties b/toolchains/arduino/org.eclipse.cdt.arduino-feature/build.properties
index 64f93a9f0b7..b6d86c2c834 100644
--- a/toolchains/arduino/org.eclipse.cdt.arduino-feature/build.properties
+++ b/toolchains/arduino/org.eclipse.cdt.arduino-feature/build.properties
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-bin.includes = feature.xml
+bin.includes = feature.xml,\
+               feature.properties
+root = rootfiles
diff --git a/toolchains/arduino/org.eclipse.cdt.arduino-feature/arduino.mk b/toolchains/arduino/org.eclipse.cdt.arduino-feature/rootfiles/arduino/arduino.mk
similarity index 100%
rename from toolchains/arduino/org.eclipse.cdt.arduino-feature/arduino.mk
rename to toolchains/arduino/org.eclipse.cdt.arduino-feature/rootfiles/arduino/arduino.mk