diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dadf542e2..a6eb95858 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Makefile.in
 /ltmain.sh
 /ltmain.sh.orig
 /m4/
+!/m4/byteorder.m4
 /missing
 /mkinstalldirs
 /test-driver
diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index 1dfdc0eaf..1bc3b7475 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -760,4 +760,4 @@ void vsyslog(int priority, const char *format, va_list args);
 ])
 ])
 
-m4_include([m4-sane/byteorder.m4])
+m4_include([m4/byteorder.m4])
diff --git a/m4-sane/byteorder.m4 b/m4/byteorder.m4
similarity index 100%
rename from m4-sane/byteorder.m4
rename to m4/byteorder.m4