diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 71326517f2..5b345b34a8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -34,5 +34,6 @@ mavlink/include/mavlink/v0.9/
 /Documentation/html/
 /Documentation/doxygen*objdb*tmp
 .tags
+tags
 .tags_sorted_by_file
 .pydevproject