diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2f205d628d969..ed663a1efdd3e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -230,3 +230,6 @@ weather.output
 .sass-cache
 .jekyll-metadata
 Gemfile.lock
+
+# VERSION.txt generated by our CMakeLists.txt
+VERSION.txt