diff --git a/.bash_aliases b/.bash_aliases
index 9633fd1..6a325bd 100644
--- a/.bash_aliases
+++ b/.bash_aliases
@@ -20,6 +20,22 @@ l () {
         return
     fi
 
+    # Current directory is the user home directory
+    if [ "$(pwd)" == "$HOME" ]; then
+        # Ignore these files when running the "l" command from the home directory
+        local BLACKLIST=("Makefile")
+
+        local pattern
+        local pattern_ignore
+
+        for pattern in "${BLACKLIST[@]}"; do
+            pattern_ignore+="-I \"$pattern\" "
+        done
+
+        eval ls -lh $pattern_ignore
+        return 0
+    fi
+
     ls -lh $1 || l $(dirname "$1")
 }