diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 282c956e41..bda00a4df7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ cachegrind.out.*
 .gdb_history
 *.dSYM
 *.def
+vgcore.*
 
 # ignore system files
 .DS_Store