diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 04e36c5f5d..f8db092989 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 *.pyc
 *.pyo
+/*.patch
 build*/conf/local.conf
 build*/conf/bblayers.conf
 build*/downloads