diff --git a/tools/perf/.gitignore b/tools/perf/.gitignore
index 124760bb37b5..e1d60d780784 100644
--- a/tools/perf/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/perf/.gitignore
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ perf*.html
 common-cmds.h
 perf.data
 perf.data.old
+perf-archive
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