diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e65d5cda1aa281ba43fd4a04d15abba30e7ed518..15d6d3b3505915664f0cbab593968d9a08d875d1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ config.guess
 config.sub
 depcomp
 install-sh
-missing
+/missing
+/mex/build/matlab/missing
+/mex/build/octave/missing
 ylwrap
 ar-lib