diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e9bbc006d3..7de868d1ea 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 /qapi/qapi-types-*.[ch]
 /qapi/qapi-types.[ch]
 /qapi/qapi-visit-*.[ch]
+!/qapi/qapi-visit-core.c
 /qapi/qapi-visit.[ch]
 /qapi/qapi-doc.texi
 /qemu-doc.html