diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/.gitignore b/tools/lib/traceevent/.gitignore
index 3c60335fe7be..9e9f25fb1922 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 TRACEEVENT-CFLAGS
 libtraceevent-dynamic-list
+libtraceevent.so.*