diff --git a/external/.gitignore b/external/.gitignore
index a0c5783cbd6a3c95168e0762783c305c6564d094..4a453a0ecbe8b30b0dd706ce7432acbcb1295b80 100644
--- a/external/.gitignore
+++ b/external/.gitignore
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ ipc/ipc
 jsroot
 googletest
 yaml-cpp/
+xpu/