diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a16f958a3..439d9df4b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -81,3 +81,5 @@ docker-compose.env
 scripts/import-for-development
 scripts/nuke
 
+# Static files collected by the collectstatic command
+static/