diff --git a/lib/gitlab/danger/helper.rb b/lib/gitlab/danger/helper.rb
index d3c86fdb629..d2b7ca015d4 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/danger/helper.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/danger/helper.rb
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ module Gitlab
 
         # Files that don't fit into any category are marked with :none
         %r{\A(ee/)?changelogs/} => :none,
+        %r{\Alocale/gitlab\.pot\z} => :none,
 
         # Fallbacks in case the above patterns miss anything
         %r{\.rb\z} => :backend,
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/danger/helper_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/danger/helper_spec.rb
index 00cb1e6446a..66cd8171c12 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/danger/helper_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/danger/helper_spec.rb
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ describe Gitlab::Danger::Helper do
 
       'changelogs/foo'    | :none
       'ee/changelogs/foo' | :none
+      'locale/gitlab.pot' | :none
 
       'FOO'          | :unknown
       'foo'          | :unknown