diff --git a/tools/perf/.gitignore b/tools/perf/.gitignore
index 8e0163b7ef01..20b8ab984d5f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/perf/.gitignore
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ trace/beauty/generated/
 pmu-events/pmu-events.c
 pmu-events/jevents
 feature/
+libbpf/
 fixdep
 libtraceevent-dynamic-list
 Documentation/doc.dep