diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2fcb46b9932..529351edc5c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ tags
 .project
 .classpath
 .checkstyle
+.factorypath
 
 ## Ignore project files created by IntelliJ IDEA
 *.iml