diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
         * src/core/schema-bindings.c: support builds outside tree properly.
 	* src/Makefile.am: ditto.
+	* po/POTFILES.skip: ditto.
 
 2008-10-22  Thomas Thurman  <tthurman@gnome.org>
 
diff --git a/po/POTFILES.skip b/po/POTFILES.skip
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4ba569948
--- /dev/null
+++ b/po/POTFILES.skip
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+src/metacity.schemas.in
+