diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d6f6caca55..cc7d3aa41e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -36,6 +36,6 @@ __pycache__/
 /mkosi.builddir/
 /mkosi.output/
 /mkosi.default
-mkosi.default.d/*
-!mkosi.default.d/10-systemd.conf
+# Ignore any mkosi config files with "local" in the name
+/mkosi.default.d/*local*.conf
 /tags