diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b35538565e51b2ba0ad0da3273d455ae36289dde..21456924de41fb6ac6262c8de9da121e1fcd92bb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 *.so
 *.jar
 
+# Corefiles
+core
+
 # dependency files - anywhere
 *.dep