diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 23fdc91b8c7504b6a1e19d4604e3f8785fa4e266..c9183723ad4d29968474d90e45c485a3401bc678 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@
 /src/lxc/lxc_monitor_dispatch.h
 /src/lxc/lxc_monitor_protocol.c
 /src/lxc/lxc_monitor_protocol.h
+/src/lxc/lxc_protocol.[ch]
 /src/lxc/test_libvirtd_lxc.aug
 /src/qemu/test_libvirtd_qemu.aug
 /src/remote/*_client_bodies.h