diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5515f595e6..b32bca1315 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /GNUmakefile
 /build/
+*.pyc
 .sdk
 .stgit-*
 .git-submodule-status