diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ff664eac0e1e96201aba7422f2e35c26f30f171b..8c42a2c713dda5ef85e52503120dde5a04af2fa6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ distribute*egg
 distribute*tar.gz
 *.log
 *profiler.conf
+core