diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 27fd37621255..3f9bb5ea4d72 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ include/config
 include/linux/autoconf.h
 include/linux/compile.h
 include/linux/version.h
+include/linux/utsrelease.h
 
 # stgit generated dirs
 patches-*