diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 48fd7d9a8..8aeabbddc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,6 +15,5 @@ coverage.xml
 syncthing.sig
 RELEASE
 deb
-lib/auto/gui.files.go
 *.bz2
 /repos
diff --git a/lib/api/auto/.gitignore b/lib/api/auto/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ada60c5bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/api/auto/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+gui.files.go