diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0b15f43e..945b6cf6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ ltversion.m4
 lt~obsolete.m4
 pm_to_blib
 stamp-h1
+MYMETA.*
 
 docs/help/Makefile.am
 docs/help/[a-z]*