diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 206595f06c9..9bbf5bb81d4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Icon
 
 # GITHUB Proposed Python stuff:
 *.py[cod]
+__pycache__
 
 # C extensions
 *.so