diff --git a/distrib/scripts/is_text.sh b/distrib/scripts/is_text.sh
index 9e95109aec..73af195d33 100755
--- a/distrib/scripts/is_text.sh
+++ b/distrib/scripts/is_text.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,14 @@ if [ `basename $1` = "config.guess" ] ; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+# ignore makefile.wat etc
+if [ basename $1 = "makefile.wat" ] ; then
+    exit 1
+fi
+if [ basename $1 = "config.wat" ] ; then
+    exit 1
+fi
+	
 if  svn proplist $1 | grep -q "eol-style"  ; then
     exit 0
 fi