diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7a41dc51..ab8cac15 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 *.log
 *.o
 *.pg
+*.pyc
 *.tar.bz2
 *.tar.gz
 *.toc