diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2bedd6e..6aaa315 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,7 +3,14 @@
 INSTALL
 aclocal.m4
 autom4te.cache
+/build-aux/compile
+/build-aux/depcomp
+/build-aux/install-sh
+/build-aux/mdate-sh
+/build-aux/missing
+/build-aux/texinfo.tex
 compile
+config.cache
 config.log
 config.scm
 config.status
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fee17fc..6b0fc4c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.61)
 AC_INIT([mcron], [1.0.8], [dale_mellor@users.sourceforge.net])
+AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE