diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a1c14045b0ab3f04c2f8c512bd38039f94addf88..0633f349db77ec15d2e267237d7832cf081ef3da 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -53,3 +53,5 @@ _isl_cffi.c
 _isl.py
 name_list.py
 islpy_cffi_build.py
+
+.cache