diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
index 66613674a6..2131088bc6 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ test/times.out
 test/garbage/*.out
 goinstall.log
 last-change
+VERSION.cache
 
 syntax:regexp
 ^bin/