diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 57da9fb8..d0955dac 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ README.rst
 tmp/
 /tests/repo/icons*
 /tests/repo/latestapps.dat
+/tests/repo/status
 
 # files used in manual testing
 /config.py