diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 029520c..34e74a1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 # git files that we don't want to ignore even it they are dot-files
 #
 !.gitignore
+!.mailmap
 
 #
 # Generated include files