diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fd3df6874..96ff8d979 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 *Makefile
 *.gcno
 *.gcda
+doc/coverage/
 aclocal.m4
 autom4te.cache
 autoscan.log