diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/.gitignore b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/.gitignore
index 760515ccad..2aecdada9e 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/.gitignore
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 # vendor directories
+vendor/
 e2e/vendor/