diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 29adedde6..ce8ed17c1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Makefile
 Makefile.in
 aclocal.m4
 autom4te.cache
+compile
 config.guess
 config.sub
 configure