diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 35be206dc..e37e3e2d8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -110,3 +110,7 @@ man/*.html
 .idea
 /.metadata/
 cmake-*
+
+# clang tooling temporary files
+.clangd/
+compile_commands.json
\ No newline at end of file