diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4ab623a09..20e10202d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 *.log
 *.orig
 *.rej
+*.start
 
 # Directories generated by Ocamlbuild
 _build