diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4a1f96e2..960696cd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Makefile.in
 /ABOUT-NLS
 /aclocal.m4
 /autom4te.cache
+/compile
 /config.guess
 /config.h
 /config.h.in
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.ac
similarity index 100%
rename from configure.in
rename to configure.ac