diff --git a/ignore/src/types.rs b/ignore/src/types.rs
index 71c9d33c..027851b0 100644
--- a/ignore/src/types.rs
+++ b/ignore/src/types.rs
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ const DEFAULT_TYPES: &'static [(&'static str, &'static [&'static str])] = &[
     ("org", &["*.org"]),
     ("perl", &["*.perl", "*.pl", "*.PL", "*.plh", "*.plx", "*.pm"]),
     ("php", &["*.php", "*.php3", "*.php4", "*.php5", "*.phtml"]),
+    ("pod", &["*.pod"]),
     ("py", &["*.py"]),
     ("readme", &["README*", "*README"]),
     ("r", &["*.R", "*.r", "*.Rmd", "*.Rnw"]),