diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 53b816877..1da77f7c9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 *.a
 *.dylib
 plugins/input/*.input
+plugins/input/templates/*.input
 demo/c++/rundemo
 bindings/python/mapnik/paths.py
 config.cache