diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 79b4f238ef1801caf2a40e467bde51df02eb9c91..d4bcaf2f2c443214f25ee03db414010a922bf854 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 configure.in ident
 .git*	export-ignore
+/doc/drafts/draft-*.xml	export-ignore