diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2c1a1522b3be316dad5aaf18b653943b5087378b..0b217902931bdecf67e4d9aad3e4071c4a45154b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 Makefile
 data/
+__pycache__
+*.pyc