diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e5cfd99e..88e2b4f5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 MANIFEST
 coverage.xml
 nosetests.xml
-pylint.txt
\ No newline at end of file
+pylint.txt
+*.pyc