diff --git a/gitdm b/gitdm
index 25ffafb..f067d48 100755
--- a/gitdm
+++ b/gitdm
@@ -429,6 +429,12 @@ for logpatch in patches:
     if FileFilter and p.added == 0 and p.removed == 0:
         continue
 
+    #
+    # skip over any OpenStack Jenkins automated commits
+    #
+    if p.email == "jenkins@openstack.org":
+        continue
+
     #
     # Record some global information - but only if this patch had
     # stuff which wasn't ignored.