diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c65a7f436..bc57e923b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -27,4 +27,7 @@ html_doc/
 
 components/components/*
 config.bin
-config.cvs
\ No newline at end of file
+config.cvs
+
+# ctags file
+tags