diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9cac3379c..f977de333 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -27,3 +27,10 @@ ivy/dependency-check-ant/*
 .gradle*
 ivy/apache-rat-*
 .vscode
+# native Hadoop libraries, see lib/native/README.txt
+lib/native/libhadoop.*
+lib/native/libhadooppipes.*
+lib/native/libhadooputils.*
+lib/native/libhdfs.*
+lib/native/libhdfspp.*
+lib/native/libnativetask.*