diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 869e1a3b64b6..51bd99d6a260 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ include/linux/compile.h
 include/linux/version.h
 include/linux/utsrelease.h
 include/linux/bounds.h
+include/generated
 
 # stgit generated dirs
 patches-*
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bfdef56add34..6f4208ff2d10 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1200,7 +1200,7 @@ CLEAN_FILES +=	vmlinux System.map \
                 .tmp_kallsyms* .tmp_version .tmp_vmlinux* .tmp_System.map
 
 # Directories & files removed with 'make mrproper'
-MRPROPER_DIRS  += include/config include2 usr/include
+MRPROPER_DIRS  += include/config include2 usr/include include/generated
 MRPROPER_FILES += .config .config.old include/asm .version .old_version \
                   include/linux/autoconf.h include/linux/version.h      \
                   include/linux/utsrelease.h                            \