diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2c1a1522b3be316dad5aaf18b653943b5087378b..50c0d6df8172e886c32ae254c2584c52f9f20eb1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 Makefile
 data/
+plots/