diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c64326e60e8223746785e784b23ca01ab0d2942b..0897c95f3e4a4831f52cd6ecc57877355a003f46 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 /INSTALL
 /aclocal.m4
 /autom4te.cache
+/build-aux/ar-lib
 /build-aux/compile
 /build-aux/config.guess
 /build-aux/config.rpath