diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index acb6afe6b7a3..4ad4a98b884b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 *.order
 *.elf
 *.bin
+*.tar
 *.gz
 *.bz2
 *.lzma