diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a61f5737d..51baa22d3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ man/*.1
 man/*.xml
 man/*.html
 *.tar.bz2*
+*.tar.xz*
 i3
 i3-input/i3-input
 i3-nagbar/i3-nagbar