diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d54d21b802be8..769db86732065 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ scalastyle.txt
 scalastyle-output.xml
 R-unit-tests.log
 R/unit-tests.out
+checkpoints/
 
 # For Hive
 metastore_db/