diff --git a/Mercury.gitignore b/Mercury.gitignore
index d1d7119c6121693d9710b3fe1b75558f0789f54b..d1f9192f6f5566833ae879275ccf60398dae5c5d 100644
--- a/Mercury.gitignore
+++ b/Mercury.gitignore
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ Mercury/
 *.a
 *.so
 *.dylib
+*.beams
 *.d
 *.c_date