diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d160912b064..5fceb088f8e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -45,3 +45,8 @@ email.md
 deps/v8-*
 ./node_modules
 .svn/
+
+# generated by gyp on Windows
+deps/openssl/openssl.props
+deps/openssl/openssl.targets
+deps/openssl/openssl.xml