diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9149c3855..a8dd0b121 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 *.xsl
 
 ABOUT-NLS
+doc/*/*autogen*
 autom4te*
 build/*
 config.guess