diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/.gitignore b/tools/perf/tests/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..489fc9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+llvm-src-base.c
+llvm-src-kbuild.c