diff --git a/x-pack/elastic-agent/.gitignore b/x-pack/elastic-agent/.gitignore
index 34b1341919e..22e2de50947 100644
--- a/x-pack/elastic-agent/.gitignore
+++ b/x-pack/elastic-agent/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # agent
 build/
+elastic-agent
 elastic-agent.dev.yml
 pkg/agent/operation/tests/scripts/short--1.0.yml
 pkg/agent/operation/tests/scripts/configurable-1.0-darwin-x86/configurable