diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7f9f082929..688acec64f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 bitbake
 *.pyc
 *.pyo
+/*.patch
 build*/conf/local.conf
 build*/conf/bblayers.conf
 build*/downloads