diff --git a/util/.gitignore b/util/.gitignore
index a6a92da07..81e8a1144 100644
--- a/util/.gitignore
+++ b/util/.gitignore
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ makedefs
 dgn_comp
 lev_comp
 dlb
+dlb_main
 recover
 tilemap
 tileedit
diff --git a/util/makedefs.c b/util/makedefs.c
index 9df5ec3e4..76fa6c11a 100644
--- a/util/makedefs.c
+++ b/util/makedefs.c
@@ -1059,6 +1059,10 @@ rumors_failure:
     exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 }
 
+#if (NH_DEVEL_STATUS == NH_STATUS_WIP)
+#else
+    Strcat(subbuf, " post-release");
+#endif
 void
 do_date()
 {
@@ -1361,6 +1365,10 @@ windowing_sanity()
 #endif /*DEFAULT_WINDOW_SYS*/
 }
 
+#if (NH_DEVEL_STATUS == NH_STATUS_WIP)
+#else
+            " [post-release]"
+#endif
 /* routine to decide whether to discard something from data.base */
 static boolean
 d_filter(line)