diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4460159c84..356b2eb94b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ TAGS.sub
 .gdbinit
 .gdb_history
 
+perf.data
+perf.data.old
+
 # ignore core files, but not java/net/protocol/core/
 core
 !core/
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8c60466345..2eeac27510 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2019-12-26  Christian Biesinger  <cbiesinger@google.com>
+
+	* .gitignore: Add perf.data and perf.data.old.
+
 2019-10-17  Sergio Durigan Junior  <sergiodj@redhat.com>
 
 	* src-release.sh (GDB_SUPPORT_DIRS): Add libctf.