diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 84e1a9d6d18..6549af83be8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 /overlay
 /package/feeds
 /package/openwrt-packages
+/*.patch
 key-build*
 *.orig
 *.rej