diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2b8652fcab..d70d0dd0a5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@
 /tests/hashtest
 /tests/jsontest
 /tests/libvirtdconftest
+/tests/metadatatest
 /tests/networkxml2argvtest
 /tests/nodeinfotest
 /tests/nwfilterxml2xmltest