diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 773ce51281..95a2971ea7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ qemu-img
 qemu-nbd
 qemu-nbd.8
 qemu-nbd.pod
+qemu-io
 .gdbinit
 *.a
 *.aux