diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e4441db..9c1a299 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@
 /noosfero
 /mailman-api
 /utils/gitlab-irc
+/build-area
--
libgit2 0.21.2