diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 97f7db069a6..d7d55383acb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@
 /errlog
 /reloc_off
 
-/spl/
 !/spl/Makefile
+/spl/*
 /tpl/
 
 /include/generated/