diff --git a/lisp/autoinsert.el b/lisp/autoinsert.el
index f2631422c62..f044ec83c9c 100644
--- a/lisp/autoinsert.el
+++ b/lisp/autoinsert.el
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ If this contains a %s, that will be replaced by the matching rule."
 	  (replace-match (capitalize (user-login-name)) t t))
      '(end-of-line 1) " <" (progn user-mail-address) ">\n")
 
-    (".dir-locals.el"
+    ((,(rx ".dir-locals" (? "-2") ".el") . "Directory Local Variables")
      nil
      ";;; Directory Local Variables         -*- no-byte-compile: t; -*-\n"
      ";;; For more information see (info \"(emacs) Directory Variables\")\n\n"