diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 915e3e1..c36ed7c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,10 +3,8 @@ Makefile.in
 
 /aclocal.m4
 /autom4te.cache
-/config.*
+/build-aux
 /configure
-/install-sh
-/missing
 
 /sunrise-commit
 /sunrise-commit.1
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 617e740..65acdcc 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.59])
 AC_INIT([sunrise-commit], [0.3])
+AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.6 foreign dist-bzip2 no-dependencies])
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])