diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0ab902e4..e70c837b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Makefile
 Makefile.in
 aclocal.m4
 autom4te.cache/
+compile
 config.*
 configure
 depcomp