diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8e1074e7f4c6a6cf54540dd40fe64c894f8cac6f..8ef807fe05bb2b817100dc49165f28ce65ffc2ad 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,7 @@
 
 # This is generated by catkin
 /CMakeLists.txt
+
+# Catkin Ignore files for "blacklisting" packages
+CATKIN_IGNORE
+