diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 040df3eafd2..bfc6172a4e7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /var/spack/stage
 /var/spack/cache
 *.pyc
-/opt/
+/opt
 *~
 .DS_Store
 .idea