diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9cdea1d008af2e4b4a576606673129fc0579224c..26a6dda6e965655708e7c327209b2e31995e2f9e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,3 +24,6 @@ nytprof.out
 *.tar
 *.snar
 archlinux-*.iso
+
+*.pyc
+__pycache__