diff --git a/libs/.gitignore b/libs/.gitignore
index 5cdfe465ba..746a59991f 100644
--- a/libs/.gitignore
+++ b/libs/.gitignore
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ opal
 /libwebsockets/m4/ltversion.m4
 /libwebsockets/m4/lt~obsolete.m4
 /libwebsockets/stamp-h1
+/libwebsockets/compile
 /libwebsockets/test-server/Makefile
 /libwebsockets/test-server/Makefile.in
 /mongo-cxx-driver-v*/