diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e13fc96322f72db3945e150e6beb2bd37ee2e7da..8ccd42a9968784b953e0027ddbbe7666e78679ca 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ series
 cscope.*
 
 # tags files
+/tags
 /ctags
 /etags