diff --git a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/.gitignore b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a2510fbd82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/pg_basebackup