diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 894c27906..c196a06ee 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ website/node_modules
 *.test
 *.iml
 
+# Ignore test coverage files
+*.cover
+
 vcd/vcd_test_config*.json
 vcd/go-vcloud-director.log
 vcd/test-artifacts