diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bb7b14a82c4..f42ebd911e3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 .coverage
 #*
 .#*
-/.cache
+lib/spack/spack/test/.cache
 /bin/spackc
 *.in.log
 *.out.log