diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f29afbc1e..47cf11c70 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 .cask/
 var/
 /init.el
+modules/private/
 
 # emacs tempfiles that shouldn't be there
 .mc-lists.el