2 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a485cc2..ff22540 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 *.o
 *~
 .deps/
+ChangeLog
 Makefile
 Makefile.in
 aclocal.m4
diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index fe22daa..4058d25 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
+# Create empty ChangeLog if we are building from git tree
+test -f ChangeLog || touch ChangeLog
+
 autoreconf -v --install || exit 1
 
 ./configure "$@"