diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 86b62c9e15..3e1bf97a18 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 *~
 .*.sw?
 .autotools
+.build*/
 .cproject
 .deps
 .libs
@@ -27,7 +28,6 @@ TAGS
 tags
 aclocal.m4
 autom4te.cache
-build*/
 compile
 config.guess
 config.h