diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6ef9fd6b5..b17f23391 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -42,3 +42,7 @@ lib/libesp32/berry/berry
 .vscode/extensions.json
 *.bak
 *.code-workspace
+
+## Python virtual environments for Platformio ##
+venv
+.venv