diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f249947401b8378d9ea75e599d35f01463fc4ee8..78a5549cf4269fce279e9d643797b4cce795960e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 *.lo
 *.loT
 *.o
+*.pyc
 .deps
 .libs
 Makefile