diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c9117a6b..14004a06 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 *.jar
 *.war
 *.ear
+*.zip
 
 # virtual machine crash logs, see http://www.java.com/en/download/help/error_hotspot.xml
 hs_err_pid*