diff --git a/cde/.gitignore b/cde/.gitignore
index d91dfea8a..a075da578 100644
--- a/cde/.gitignore
+++ b/cde/.gitignore
@@ -47,3 +47,8 @@ installCDE.*.log
 # Makefiles (generated by Imakefiles)
 Makefile
 
+# generated db files
+databases/*\.db
+databases/*\.tmp
+
+