diff --git a/contrib/subtree/.gitignore b/contrib/subtree/.gitignore
index 7e77c9d022..91360a3d7f 100644
--- a/contrib/subtree/.gitignore
+++ b/contrib/subtree/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 *~
+git-subtree
 git-subtree.xml
 git-subtree.1
 mainline