diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index de0fbc3d76..b75c19af19 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ addon
 *~
 robots.txt
 
+#ignore local config
+/config/local.ini.php
+
 #ignore documentation, it should be newly built
 doc/html