diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8faa6c02b39e..5d56a3fd0de6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ modules.builtin
 *.gz
 *.bz2
 *.lzma
+*.xz
 *.lzo
 *.patch
 *.gcno