diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index afbb8fc5da..6e63f186e3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ ui/qt/config.pri
 *~
 .DS_Store
 cscope.*
+tags
 packaging/macosx/COPYING.txt
 packaging/macosx/Info.plist
 packaging/macosx/osx-dmg.sh