diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 055622cf68be1c42d50cab491daa5d589153496e..b3ddb41aedfbab8bc3f8b59716dae0f5caa67134 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@ tags
 # miscellaneous binary files in the examples directory
 examples/libc.a
 examples/my
+# Visual Studio folder
+/.vs