diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7389353b8c51..fea70d3b2e10 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -53,3 +53,7 @@ uv.lock
 
 # Generated by scripts/create_compdb.py
 /external
+
+# Linux perftools output
+perf.data
+perf.data.old