diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 75e46ce20d5..1cf83b049de 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -374,6 +374,7 @@ lib-src/seccomp-filter-exec.pfc
 _gdb_history
 
 # Files ignored in exec/.
+exec/aclocal.m4
 exec/config.status
 exec/loader
 exec/test