diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b4f88f7b7fbef..7db5639a5d59c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ aclocal.m4
 config.log
 config.status
 cscope*
+tags
 .scon*
 config.py
 build