diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d27b8b2b4b1..b347b348a59 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ gmon.out
 
 # Misc
 .DS_Store
+logs/
 
 # for projects that use SCons for building: http://http://www.scons.org/
 .sconf_temp