diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 916457f8..4af91cc9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ lt~obsolete.m4
 pm_to_blib
 stamp-h1
 MYMETA.*
+*.diff
 
 docs/help/Makefile.am
 docs/help/[a-z]*