diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 426047861..209058f65 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,4 +13,3 @@
 /dist/scripts/maketarball.sh
 /dist/unix/strawberry.spec
 /dist/windows/strawberry.nsi
-src/translations/translations.pot
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 12f22ce11..792769dd2 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@ if(HAVE_TRANSLATIONS)
 
   add_pot(POT
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/translations/header
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/translations/translations.pot
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/translations/translations.pot
     ${SOURCES}
     ${MOC}
     ${UIC}