diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/.gitignore b/tools/lib/traceevent/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..35f56be5a4cdb9805ecb8e0b8190346ff804baf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/.gitignore
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+TRACEEVENT-CFLAGS