diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 38d26f33e..c76db3cd9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 .version
 .*.swp
 ABOUT-NLS
+build-aux
 intltool-extract.in
 intltool-merge.in
 intltool-update.in