diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 07460fe..0c84136 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-Makefile
 *.a
 *.dll
 *.dylib
 *.o
 *.so
 *.so.*
+/Makefile
diff --git a/data/.gitignore b/data/.gitignore
index b92603b..5e2e5ac 100644
--- a/data/.gitignore
+++ b/data/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+/Makefile
 /libDatabase.pc
diff --git a/doc/.gitignore b/doc/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5fc607b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/Makefile
diff --git a/doc/gtkdoc/.gitignore b/doc/gtkdoc/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5fc607b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/gtkdoc/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/Makefile
diff --git a/include/.gitignore b/include/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5fc607b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/Makefile
diff --git a/include/Database/.gitignore b/include/Database/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5fc607b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/Database/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/Makefile
diff --git a/src/.gitignore b/src/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5fc607b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/Makefile
diff --git a/src/engines/.gitignore b/src/engines/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5fc607b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/engines/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/Makefile
diff --git a/tests/.gitignore b/tests/.gitignore
index a9fbd64..1fefb6c 100644
--- a/tests/.gitignore
+++ b/tests/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+/Makefile
 /pylint.log
 /tests.log
diff --git a/tools/.gitignore b/tools/.gitignore
index 7149778..aa04874 100644
--- a/tools/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+/Makefile
 /client