diff --git a/Grails.gitignore b/Grails.gitignore
index 6449f179..62499db9 100644
--- a/Grails.gitignore
+++ b/Grails.gitignore
@@ -28,5 +28,6 @@
 /web-app/plugins
 
 # "temporary" build files
+/target
 
 # other