diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 11028706f3be..a44741dd78e1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -92,3 +92,6 @@ t/node_modules/
 release/*
 
 
+
+# redis snapshot dumped by a locally running redis-server during tests
+dump.rdb