diff --git a/scripts/config/.gitignore b/scripts/config/.gitignore
index 72812668d9..0326e060bb 100644
--- a/scripts/config/.gitignore
+++ b/scripts/config/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 *.o
-lxdialog
 conf*
+!conf*.c
+!conf*.h
 mconf*
+!mconf*.c
+!mconf*.h
 mconf_check
 *.*.c
diff --git a/scripts/config/lxdialog/.gitignore b/scripts/config/lxdialog/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..405824dbd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/config/lxdialog/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+lxdialog
+*.o