diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 677f44df04d59d7064465a259dff9ce288c5d645..7d2cccd59399aeeb4da31ab13e76b7ab9e875199 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -30,3 +30,6 @@ hs_err_pid*
 .project
 .classpath
 .DS_Store
+
+#maven
+target/