diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6dde349529d781b52b42a9197c7e28779e5c78ba..c3dfc3e89e888b3b7d3aa6a17b1829fd8e5d6663 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,3 +21,7 @@
 
 # virtual machine crash logs, see http://www.java.com/en/download/help/error_hotspot.xml
 hs_err_pid*
+
+# exclude idea files
+.idea
+*.iml