diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ad7cee68f..9a0f50db8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ htmlcov
 kivy/deps/*
 !kivy/deps/__init__.py
 kivy.deps*
+kivy/version.py
 
 MANIFEST