diff --git a/.x-sc_trailing_blank b/.x-sc_trailing_blank
index 9c6439d0ac..c1c9c500bc 100644
--- a/.x-sc_trailing_blank
+++ b/.x-sc_trailing_blank
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 \.png$
 \.fig$
 \.gif$
+^NEWS$
+^ChangeLog$
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index bbbe69b607..37e1949d42 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Tue Feb 12 9:44:22 EST 2008 Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
+
+	* .x-sc_trailing_blank: ignore NEWS / ChangeLog file 
+
 Mon Feb 11 17:05:53 CET 2008 Daniel Veillard <veillard@redhat.com>
 
 	* docs/libvir.html docs/format.html: fixes the examples on the