diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f2e972dd..efba9d56 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,7 @@
 
 # These are backup files generated by rustfmt
 **/*.rs.bk
+
+# exclude binarys in examples folder
+/examples/*
+!/examples/*.rs