diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 95b62b81a5..0da40a5d33 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@
 /doc/dev			 export-ignore
 /util/**			 export-ignore
 /util/bindkeys.pl		-export-ignore
+/util/check-make-install.in	-export-ignore
 /util/mksymtbl.pl		-export-ignore