diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3cc18eb468cc554402fd176e97c7969f160ca63b..a964dd7570288408c3166c5e2f85dd29961649a7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -75,4 +75,8 @@ doc/[Dd]oxygen/man
 # ignore .tags in the main directory
 /.tags
 
+# ignore eclipse project files in the main directory
+/.cproject
+/.project
+
 # end-of-file