diff --git a/metadata/.gitignore b/metadata/.gitignore
index b83261488b0d7..e123805bcab8b 100644
--- a/metadata/.gitignore
+++ b/metadata/.gitignore
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 /dtd
 /glsa
 /herds.xml
+/Manifest.gz
 /md5-cache
 /news
 /pkg_desc_index