diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2a39e037..5da1d1a5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ NEWS
 README
 aclocal.m4
 autom4te.cache/
+compile
 config.guess
 config.h.in
 config.h