diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9f632123a8..eeab066c3f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ y.tab.c
 /yasmdata.rb
 
 # /benchmark/
+/benchmark/bm_require.data
 /benchmark/bmx_*.rb
 /benchmark/fasta.output.*
 /benchmark/wc.input