diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d670df7..67bb2d4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ pyext/build/
 .libs
 .deps
 test/*.fits
+test/.samp
 examples/python/*.fits
 inst/cta/test/*.xml
 inst/cta/test/*.fits