diff --git a/tinywl/.gitignore b/tinywl/.gitignore
index 2b5bb6f8..5de73fac 100644
--- a/tinywl/.gitignore
+++ b/tinywl/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 tinywl
-*-protocol.c
+tinywl.o
 *-protocol.h