diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 22c3b801..65735d9f 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 [submodule "lib/esp-idf"]
 	path = lib/esp-idf
 	url = https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf.git
+        ignore = untracked