diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0501735bb3739deed18d3e304f1f22dc4af9402b..4c4fcee621a26837b2bca05b3689be9297a23997 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ minerva-big/
 web/src/main/webapp/svnversion.txt
 *.war
 service/minerva-big/
+target/
 
 #log files
 *.log