diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index afa445084e6ff202c6d10f1a42d9af832100a8b4..928c72d188af00c2b136686c08bf6b7d82e3155e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 swiftmpistepsim
+swiftmpiproxies
 *.o
 *~