diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fe0a24d5d..e9a3a409d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 # whitelist only the files that ever need to be tracked
 !*.f90
 !*.sh
+!CMakeLists.txt
+!*.cmake
 !CHANGELOG 
 !README.md
 !README.swifter