diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 51bd99d6a260263f28617dca7d576af1deb4b027..3433d7c0d36dc9e08681eff79ca37a030b1eec16 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 *.elf
 *.bin
 *.gz
+*.patch
 
 #
 # Top-level generic files