diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fafbf3cfb34..72cce0e6365 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 .yardoc
 pkg
+.rvmrc
 
 # ignore Gemfile.lock because we support multiple versions of Rails and
 # don't want to ship locked version requirements