diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 32858aad3..e7c41a491 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@
 
 # virtual machine crash logs, see http://www.java.com/en/download/help/error_hotspot.xml
 hs_err_pid*
+