diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6de7b0de6..8b2e638bb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
 build*
 .dir-locals.el
 TAGS
 third-party/*/
 !third-party/cmake/*
 !third-party/akantu-iterators
 !third-party/iohelper
 *~
 release
 .*.swp
 *.tar.gz
 *.tgz
 *.tbz
 *.tar.bz2
 .idea
 __pycache__
 .mailmap
+compile_commands.json