diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4c86b68..7cc77d2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ src
 /*/*.zip
 /*/*.tar.bz2
 /*/*.tar.gz*
+/*/*.tar.xz
 /*/*.tgz
 libsnl-svn/libsnl
 spooles/ReferenceManual.ps.gz