diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1d9aeffc0..fb2ec90a2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ po/gnome-shell.pot
 po/*.header
 po/*.sed
 po/*.sin
+po/.intltool-merge-cache
 po/Makefile.in.in
 po/Makevars.template
 po/POTFILES