diff --git a/tools/counter/.gitignore b/tools/counter/.gitignore
index 9fd290d4bf43..22d8727d2696 100644
--- a/tools/counter/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/counter/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /counter_example
+/counter_watch_events
 /include/linux/counter.h