diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2cc26a700279f4d94da66367e58bbcc01be93670..65668f3d0b805bf677c4f1a22c946d6260c24bb8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Makefile.in
 *.so
 # Binary translation files
 *.mo
+libtool
 
 # Ignore rendered docs
 doc/doxygen/core-doc