diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5b86db561a..3667bd0a0a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stamp-h1
 *.old
 *.bak
 *.patch
-build/
+build*/
 CMakeLists.txt.user
 .dirstamp
 /src/tex2lyx/test/*.lyx.tex