diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 787eb6180c35..4949714e6c46 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 .scala_dependencies
 .settings
 .vscode
+artifacts/
 /lib/
 R-unit-tests.log
 R/unit-tests.out