diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 593b47191bb43a6e97d3fb73bbe875e7628601b3..a639f30a586c3cd0b9919342ba9308b7dcbaf4d9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 /ganeti
 /stamp-directories
 /stamp-srclinks
+/vcs-version
 /*.patch
 /*.tar.bz2
 /*.tar.gz