diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4eb9772dcc0861c87b3b8f4fc74bf5d0cd93bcae..38b413a2942900fd6f216261d3cf8a67548d1b2c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 *~
 DrawArea
 DrawArea-mpi
+*.o