diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 541ac23be0..92312aae96 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ prefix/
 pygobject
 .gdbinit
 
-^gst*
+/gst*
 subprojects/*
 !subprojects/gst*
 subprojects/gst-plugins-rs/