diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d3d3184d35..6e18705a12 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ tags
 /libs/ardour/version.cc
 /libs/ardour/ardour/version.h
 /libs/ardour/svn_revision.cc
-libs/ardour/config_text.cc
+/libs/ardour/config_text.cc
 
 # /libs/gtkmm2ext/
 /libs/gtkmm2ext/*.pot