diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 42358310bf..036ad09567 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 *.pyc
 *.pyo
 /*.patch
-build*/
+/build*/
 pyshtables.py
 pstage/
 scripts/oe-git-proxy-socks