diff --git a/debian/.gitignore b/debian/.gitignore
index b47e05a..828478e 100644
--- a/debian/.gitignore
+++ b/debian/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 *.substvars
 .debhelper/*
 tmp/*
+libite/*
 libite5/*
 libite-dev/*
 autoreconf*