diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 22caba4acb..768a9f242e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 /MekHQ/classes/
 /MekHQ/data/images/awards/
 !/MekHQ/data/images/awards/standard/
+/MekHQ/data/images/portraits/Female/
+/MekHQ/data/images/portraits/Male/
 /MekHQ/data/images/temp/
 /MekHQ/data/mekfiles/units.cache
 /MekHQ/data/mekfiles/customs/