diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 66d8c7908f..5a441f074c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/api.js
 /build/OpenLayers.js
 /tools/closure-compiler.jar
 /tools/*.pyc
@@ -6,4 +7,4 @@
 /examples/example-list.js
 /examples/example-list.xml
 /bin/plovr.jar
-/jsdoc/
\ No newline at end of file
+/jsdoc/