diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3ce05b94d389..2e91bdef1901 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 !COPYING.txt
 !imagemagick_command.txt
 !utils/umc_dev/org.wesnoth/templates/**/*.txt
+!CMakeLists.txt
 
 # project files
 .*project
@@ -21,7 +22,6 @@ cmake_install.cmake
 CPack*Config.cmake
 uninstall.cmake
 CMakeCache.txt
-CMakeLists.txt
 !doc/**/CMakeLists.txt
 !src/ana/**/CMakeLists.txt