diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f441e3a92..93de1c215 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 /Makefile
 /autom4te.cache/
 /config.h
+/config.h.in~
 /config.log
 /config.status
 /dnstap/dnstap_config.h
diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index b970ada2f..3c9e956fe 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 28 May 2019: Wouter
 	- Fix to define _OPENBSD_SOURCE to get reallocarray on NetBSD.
+	- gitignore config.h.in~.
 
 27 May 2019: Wouter
 	- Fix double file close in tcp pipelined response code.