diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5de2dae5cd..3c7b439845 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 bin/
 libs/
 obj/
+gen/
 
 espeak-data.zip
 espeak-data-en_only.zip