diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 05064ed4153b319754d415e8e399198c810593c3..696f27cc838ccdb0fa2f458fcffeda1b01e9b00e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 /aclocal.m4
 /am
 /autom4te.cache
+/compile
 /config.guess
 /config.h
 /config.h.in