diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index 3603807043..aff99c2308 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -19,4 +19,8 @@ ltmain.sh
 update.log
 libvirt.pc
 libvirt.spec
-COPYING
\ No newline at end of file
+COPYING
+m4
+ABOUT-NLS
+config.rpath
+mkinstalldirs
diff --git a/po/.cvsignore b/po/.cvsignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eb7a09bf32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/po/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+stamp-po
+remove-potcdate.sin
+quot.sed
+insert-header.sin
+*.gmo
+en@quot.header
+en@boldquot.header
+boldquot.sed
+Rules-quot
+POTFILES
+Makevars.template
+Makefile.in.in
+Makefile.in
+Makefile