diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 44e43c9700..92b480513b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ cscope*
 tags
 TAGS
 Makefile.local
+compel/compel
 images/*.c
 images/*.h
 images/google/protobuf/*.c