diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fc76e1c1..96eb11ce 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -120,6 +120,16 @@ WindowMaker/Defaults/WMWindowAttributes
 WindowMaker/Defaults/WindowMaker
 WindowMaker/IconSets/Default.iconset
 
+# These files are generated by the i18n process
+/po/WindowMaker.pot
+/po/*.mo
+/WINGs/po/WINGs.pot
+/WINGs/po/*.mo
+/WPrefs.app/po/WPrefs.pot
+/WPrefs.app/po/*.mo
+/util/po/*.pot
+/util/po/*.mo
+
 # Some text editors generate backup files
 *~