diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b68d1541c1fb..20c453136cd1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /distfiles
 /packages
 /security/vuxml/vuln-flat.xml
-/*/*/Makefile.local
+Makefile.local
 /*/*/work
 /*/*/work-*
 /INDEX-[0-9]*
 *~
 *.rej
 *.orig
 *.sw[p-z]