diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 64c1aa3a7..1e71848e5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -23,3 +23,5 @@ wasm/test_page/js/bergamot-translator-worker.*
 
 # VSCode
 .vscode
+
+*.pyc