diff --git a/.x-sc_trailing_blank b/.x-sc_trailing_blank
index 8b3ec89204a7fe744dcf01be591fdec55c5436ab..de3369eb3e76ce48764c2eb3cd6ce770824efeb4 100644
--- a/.x-sc_trailing_blank
+++ b/.x-sc_trailing_blank
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-\.png$
 \.fig$
 \.gif$
-^NEWS$
+\.ico$
+\.png$
 ^ChangeLog$
+^NEWS$
 ^docs/.*
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2aff53047afd762d3a32cab8573f91817353faae..322f837c6135a6756848c7ac785c4d299279cb56 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Thu Oct 16 15:04:36 +0200 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
+
+	build: exempt *.ico files from the trailing blank check
+	* .x-sc_trailing_blank: Add \.ico$ to the list.
+
 Wed Oct 16 14:03:00 CEST 2008 Chris Lalancette <clalance@redhat.com>
 
 	* "make syntax-check" was complaining that network_driver.c was