diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7e06d3afac5..af56278bad1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ config.status
 libpython*.a
 libpython*.so*
 pyconfig.h
-python
+python$
 python-gdb.py
 tags
 .coverage