diff --git a/src/sampleconf/recoll.conf b/src/sampleconf/recoll.conf
index 18db8179..f8afb651 100644
--- a/src/sampleconf/recoll.conf
+++ b/src/sampleconf/recoll.conf
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ topdirs = ~
 # which indexes the file names. Can be redefined for any
 # subtree.</descr></var>
 skippedNames = #* CVS  Cache cache* .cache caughtspam tmp \
-     .thumbnails .svn \
+     .thumbnails .svn *.rclwe \
      *~ .beagle .git .hg .bzr loop.ps .xsession-errors \
      .recoll* xapiandb recollrc recoll.conf