diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9928b32e73..27e00249b4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ dependency-reduced-pom.xml
 target/
 *.iml
 *.ipr
+bin/
 /*/src/main/java/META-INF
 .gitignore.swp
 docs/reference/src/main/docbook/en-US/version_info.xml