diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
index 785bb8e0c439aa4e0cf7812f666a84f92def6800..f2035497e458062f5316c0b51f4c5403258db99b 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ config.guess
 dummy-config.h
 dummy-config.h.in
 pigeonhole-config.h
+compile
 config.log
 config.status
 config.sub