diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 40ae800e90287451bcf08ee54dd0d6d96618e86f..fb6fe1a54857dc31d06c5c6993e83f8c6c7e674e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ make_output.txt
 tests/population/scaling/scaling_plots/*
 tests/population/scaling/scaling_results/*
 
+docs/build/*
+
 
 *.org~
 *.so