diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f78f64a8d8a96278ba8c5be8649095f0ef8861c7..9fb1fa18de02b1394d1789b88dd33624f1df193e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 *~
 *.hdf5
+*.dirstamp
 
 Makefile
 Makefile.in