diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5e0f4771880..05291210ca1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 *.swp
 *.tmp
 *.pyc
+*.elc
 .hg/
 .hgignore
 .cproject