diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 3abc8f844dafe326d60f99b36af4df1f43e560b9..9eb4a3af9d688c49ed40a6da2b10098ada6a5414 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 [submodule "qbs"]
 	path = src/shared/qbs
 	url = ../../qt-labs/qbs.git
+	ignore = dirty