diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3d28fe00d8..681af08c5c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 *.dll
 *.a
 *.mo
+*.pot
 objfiles.txt
 .deps/
 *.gcno