diff --git a/IPython/upgrade_dir.py b/IPython/upgrade_dir.py
index b3ce3e5..c8f2d81 100644
--- a/IPython/upgrade_dir.py
+++ b/IPython/upgrade_dir.py
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ def upgrade_dir(srcdir, tgtdir):
         print s
 
     def ignorable(p):
-        if p.lower().startswith('.svn'):
+        
+        if p.lower().startswith('.svn') or p.startswith('ipythonrc'):
             return True
         return False