diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b9b150a3d..e7bbe0bea 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 *.retry
 inventory/vagrant_ansible_inventory
 inventory/group_vars/fake_hosts.yml
+inventory/host_vars/
 temp
 .idea
 .tox