diff --git a/cde/.gitignore b/cde/.gitignore
index 9aa2dd759..468271784 100644
--- a/cde/.gitignore
+++ b/cde/.gitignore
@@ -131,6 +131,16 @@ programs/dtwm/dtwm
 programs/localized/C/types/*.dt
 programs/localized/C/types/*.dt.tmsg
 programs/localized/C/types/*.nls
+programs/localized/ls /msg/*.nls
+programs/localized/de_DE.ISO8859-1/msg/*.tmp.msg
+programs/localized/es_ES.ISO8859-1/msg/*.tmp.msg
+programs/localized/fr_FR.ISO8859-1/msg/*.tmp.msg
+programs/localized/it_IT.ISO8859-1/msg/*.tmp.msg
+programs/localized/ja_JP.dt-eucJP/msg/*.tmp.msg
+programs/localized/ko_KR.dt-eucKR/msg/*.tmp.msg
+programs/localized/sv_SE.ISO8859-1/msg/*.tmp.msg
+programs/localized/zh_CN.dt-eucCN/msg/*.tmp.msg
+programs/localized/zh_TW.dt-eucTW/msg/*.tmp.msg
 
 # dtappbuilder
 programs/dtappbuilder/src/ab/.dtcodegen.log
diff --git a/cde/programs/localized/templates/msg.tmpl b/cde/programs/localized/templates/msg.tmpl
index 697f45754..f9987c710 100644
--- a/cde/programs/localized/templates/msg.tmpl
+++ b/cde/programs/localized/templates/msg.tmpl
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ RandomMessageCatalogRule()
 
 clean::
 	$(RM) *.cat
+	$(RM) *.tmp.msg
 
 depend::