diff --git a/arch/blackfin/kernel/.gitignore b/arch/blackfin/kernel/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c5f676c3c224b67afb51c50589e82fbf6d333c46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/blackfin/kernel/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+vmlinux.lds