diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fa8064d26b8b39df63b6425fa622cf5ae77e9920..bcb28e5ef26b715f2385b041c6448c474a41ec8a 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