diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 24873110b..51c5a9ac4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ test-out/
 /bin
 open-refine.log
 .vscode
+.metadata # Eclipse plugins specific
 
 .idea
 *.iml
@@ -53,4 +54,4 @@ apache-maven-*/
 apache-maven-*-bin.tar.gz
 
 # Ignore refine-dev.ini
-refine-dev.ini
\ No newline at end of file
+refine-dev.ini