diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ced139e..636fb2f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 asterix_logs
 build
 bin
+asterixdb/asterix-opt/
 asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/externallib/
 asterixdb/asterix-app/rttest/
 asterixdb/asterix-app/mdtest/