diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5b345b34a8..c992dbf5a5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -37,3 +37,4 @@ mavlink/include/mavlink/v0.9/
 tags
 .tags_sorted_by_file
 .pydevproject
+.ropeproject