diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d84ec289..1b52a654 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ depcomp
 libtool
 m4/*.m4
 Makefile
+Documentation/Makefile
 missing
 mkinstalldirs
 stamp-h
diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile.in
similarity index 100%
rename from Documentation/Makefile
rename to Documentation/Makefile.in
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index cb1c9a3c..b87bf82b 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ clean-gen:
 	@echo "Cleaning Generated Files"
 	$(Q)$(RM) -rf version.h config.status config.cache connfig.log \
 		configure.lineno config.status.lineno Makefile \
+		Documentation/Makefile \
 		config.log config.h config.h.in~ aclocal.m4 \
 		configure autom4te.cache/ config/
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 919defe5..cd33a879 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([
 Makefile
+Documentation/Makefile
 version.h
 ])