diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8aa2dcb3..891221d6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Bug fixes:
 
 Feature enhancements:
 
+* Many enhancements to the default set of file types available for filtering.
 * [FEATURE #2708](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/pull/2708):
   Completions for the fish shell take ripgrep's config file into account.
 * [FEATURE #2841](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/pull/2841):
diff --git a/crates/ignore/src/default_types.rs b/crates/ignore/src/default_types.rs
index e1da789b..2718d0dd 100644
--- a/crates/ignore/src/default_types.rs
+++ b/crates/ignore/src/default_types.rs
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ pub(crate) const DEFAULT_TYPES: &[(&[&str], &[&str])] = &[
         "[Gg][Nn][Uu]makefile", "[Mm]akefile",
         "[Gg][Nn][Uu]makefile.am", "[Mm]akefile.am",
         "[Gg][Nn][Uu]makefile.in", "[Mm]akefile.in",
+        "Makefile.*",
         "*.mk", "*.mak"
     ]),
     (&["mako"], &["*.mako", "*.mao"]),