diff --git a/lib/linguist/vendor.yml b/lib/linguist/vendor.yml
index 310db6d6..814ce2d2 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/vendor.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/vendor.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
 #  https://github.com/joyent/node
 - ^deps/
 - ^tools/
+- (^|/)configure
+- (^|/)configure.ac
+- (^|/)config.guess
+- (^|/)config.sub
 
 # Node dependencies
 - node_modules/