diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f2bf630..b5355c7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,3 +9,10 @@ target/
 
 # Common folder for generated shell completions and man pages
 artifacts/
+
+# extra files generated by benchmarks
+/benchmarks/compiler/
+/benchmarks/rust/
+/benchmarks/input.*
+/benchmarks/*.md
+!/benchmarks/results.md