diff --git a/icu4c/source/tools/cpysearch/cpyskip.txt b/icu4c/source/tools/cpysearch/cpyskip.txt
index aeff1bbef98..7147fbe3fce 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/tools/cpysearch/cpyskip.txt
+++ b/icu4c/source/tools/cpysearch/cpyskip.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 *.jpg
 *.pdf
 *.png
+*.ppt
 *.rtf
 *.sln
 *.sxd