diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6e00ff8297b..502f0183260 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ src/ocf/ceph
 src/ocf/rbd
 src/omapbench
 src/kvstorebench
+ar-lib
 
 # temporary directory used by e.g. "make distcheck", e.g. ceph-0.42
 /ceph-[0-9]*/