diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 59684735d..db63861bb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs.pm
 perl/Makefile-pl
 perl/Makefile-pl.old
 perl/Makefile.PL
+perl/MYMETA.yml
 perl/pm_to_blib
 php/extension/Makefile.fragments
 php/extension/Makefile.global