diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2a9d52a388b..69393dc33db 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ platform/android/java/lib/.cxx/
 *.os
 *.Plo
 *.lo
+# Binutils tmp linker output of the form "stXXXXXX" where "X" is alphanumeric
+st[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9]
 
 # Libs generated files
 .deps/*