diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e85f9f38..4af03587 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ cscope*
 
 **/include/event2/event-config.h
 **/include/evconfig-private.h
+/evconfig-private.h
 
 # Files generated by cmake
 CMakeCache.txt