diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 34e29b2264..bd4937245b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ uImage
 .context\ *
 # $(TOPDIR)/Makefile.[unix|win]::$(DIRLINKS_EXTERNAL_DIRS)
 .dirlinks
+.fakelnk
 .vscode
 .DS_Store
 tools/gdb/__pycache__