diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index af5366d8..063b5b43 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -79,3 +79,4 @@ configure.lineno
 /mu4e/version.texi
 /guile/tests/test-mu-guile
 /lib/doxyfile
+/version.texi