diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e0c057b05a3..bf2087bdb41 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ Vagrantfile
 /lib/ansible_base.egg-info/
 # First used in the `devel` branch during Ansible 2.11 development.
 /lib/ansible_core.egg-info/
+# vendored lib dir
+lib/ansible/_vendor/*
+!lib/ansible/_vendor/__init__.py
+# test stuff
 /test/integration/cloud-config-*.*
 !/test/integration/cloud-config-*.*.template
 .python-version