diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 26617f121a68b80624b3b35f4652379dd58758eb..b35538565e51b2ba0ad0da3273d455ae36289dde 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 *.[oa]
 *.la
 *.so
+*.jar
 
 # dependency files - anywhere
 *.dep