diff --git a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/.gitignore b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1bf88f244e80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/.gitignore
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+download-cache/