diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 08568315..800b2944 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 # Ignore source packages - anywhere
 *.tar.bz2
 *.tar.gz
+*.tar.xz
 *.tar
 *.tgz
 *.gtgz