diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7382a4e7a..893b64695 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-02-14  Christian Franke  <franke@computer.org>
+
+	* gendistlist.sh: Ignore `.svn' directories.
+
 2009-02-14  Felix Zielcke  <fzielcke@z-51.de>
 
 	* fs/fat.c: Add 2009 to Copyright line.
diff --git a/gendistlist.sh b/gendistlist.sh
index 286329ab2..011554ddf 100644
--- a/gendistlist.sh
+++ b/gendistlist.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2005, 2008  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2005, 2008, 2009  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This gendistlist.sh is free software; the author
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ dir=`dirname $0`
 cd $dir
 
 for dir in $DISTDIRS; do
-  for d in `find $dir -type d | sort`; do
+  for d in `find $dir -type d | sed '/\/\.svn$/d;\/\.svn\//d' | sort`; do
     find $d -maxdepth 1 -name '*.[chSy]' -o -name '*.mk' -o -name '*.rmk' \
       -o -name '*.rb' -o -name '*.in' -o -name '*.tex' -o -name '*.texi' \
       -o -name 'grub.cfg' -o -name 'README' -o -name '*.sc' -o -name 'mdate.sh' \