diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 46eeb9f9ac..6d7fa9aea7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ lcov*.info
 /*.pc
 /*.rc
 /*_prelude.c
+/build*
 /COPYING.LIB
 /ChangeLog
 /Doxyfile