diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 89c548d0e..57d0a42f3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ config.status
 config.cache
 libtool
 .deps/
+.*
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5082ad4a1..818f41928 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 2013-07-03 Rolf Bensch <rolf at bensch hyphen online dot de>
 	* doc/descriptions/pixma.desc, doc/sane-pixma.man:
 	Canon PIXMA MG5200 Series support reported by Dimitri Fellous.
+	* .gitignore: ignore all .* files
 
 2013-06-27 Rolf Bensch <rolf at bensch hyphen online dot de>
 	* backend/pixma.c: fix mode list for infrared scans