diff --git a/rat-excludes.txt b/rat-excludes.txt
index db43e7da6d..afd1b51dd2 100644
--- a/rat-excludes.txt
+++ b/rat-excludes.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ bin/report-output/**
 bin/report-template/**
 bin/testfiles/**
 build/**
+build-local.properties
 docs/**
 extras/*.txt
 **/images/**