diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 19f520ef70f1ef51ed87e893d0dd9b0b13945550..cd09e0f2fff3002ebac8c60b122a1cec492ff09b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 tools/msys/etc/group
 tools/msys/etc/passwd
+*.pyc