diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 99b70899..f243100c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ ctags
 /aclocal.m4
 /wayland-scanner.m4
 /autom4te.cache
+/compile
 /config.guess
 /config.h
 /config.h.in