diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 96a7f01cd9..787c5241c0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ README
 AUTHORS
 NEWS
 TODO
+INSTALL
 
 .deps
 .libs
@@ -50,3 +51,4 @@ log
 m4/*
 
 /gst/__init__.py
+/build