diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f35f3eb9fc444198f8c2f78790d9c4097b235243..387c65fcf809dab91a7faaf6fa55d58277d6b498 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
 _build
 public
+
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
\ No newline at end of file