diff --git a/java/.gitignore b/java/.gitignore
index 03f5bf76e60..bc6ce4f6c32 100644
--- a/java/.gitignore
+++ b/java/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 .buildpath
 .classpath
 .checkstyle
+.factorypath
 .settings/
 .idea/
 TAGS
diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index 8752abe1fc4..1b7970ea6e8 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@
             <exclude>**/TAGS</exclude>
             <exclude>**/*.checkstyle</exclude>
             <exclude>**/.classpath</exclude>
+            <exclude>**/.factorypath</exclude>
             <exclude>**/.settings/**</exclude>
             <exclude>.*/**</exclude>
             <exclude>**/*.patch</exclude>