diff --git a/include/libvirt/.gitignore b/include/libvirt/.gitignore
index 282522db03..7bd42daae3 100644
--- a/include/libvirt/.gitignore
+++ b/include/libvirt/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 Makefile
 Makefile.in
+libvirt.h