diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b58f49931..86209c29b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ valgrind-*.log
 /m4/xsize.m4
 
 /man/*.[185]
+/man/NetworkManager.conf.xml
 /man/nm-settings.xml
 /man/nm-settings-ifcfg-rh.xml
 /man/nm-settings-keyfile.xml
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e24ce732f..1a1cc2841 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -918,6 +918,7 @@ initscript/linexa/networkmanager
 introspection/Makefile
 introspection/all.xml
 man/Makefile
+man/NetworkManager.conf.xml
 man/nm-system-settings.conf.5
 man/nm-online.1
 man/nmcli.1
diff --git a/man/NetworkManager.conf.xml b/man/NetworkManager.conf.xml.in
similarity index 100%
rename from man/NetworkManager.conf.xml
rename to man/NetworkManager.conf.xml.in