diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ba6b65e0c7a..8eb4dd32785 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
 .project
 .settings/**
 
+# Files generated by JetBrains IDEs, e.g. IntelliJ IDEA
+.idea/
+*.iml
+
 # This is where the result of the go build goes
 /output/**
 /output