diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index eafed0c3f..d1e3a5532 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ win/Release
 win/Projects/*/Debug
 win/Projects/*/Release
 win/.vs/
+win/packages
 
 # All those help files
 help/manual*