diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ecf2e3e422b..4e9e1376143 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ cscope.files
 cscope.out
 autoconf/aclocal.m4
 autoconf/autom4te.cache
+compile_commands.json
 
 #==============================================================================#
 # Directories to ignore (do not add trailing '/'s, they skip symlinks).