diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ad0a42e39..3e8170a0d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 ABOUT-NLS
 autom4te*
-build/*
+build*/*
 config.guess
 config.h*
 config.log