diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index faf2ca38397..00e3ce3da0d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 *.tar
 *.tar.bz2
 *.tar.gz
+*.tar.xz
 *.trs
 *.zip
 *~