diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0226367c0..659e4f015 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ ChangeLog
 Makefile
 Makefile.in
 aclocal.m4
+autom4te.cache
 build-stamp
 config.cache
 config.log