diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3829c797576df229f57007060723111f0071d7d8..737aedf2c9145e3de749eecc951e368cc18fb048 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -52,3 +52,10 @@ _build
 __pycache__
 *.o
 .ipynb_checkpoints
+
+# needed by jenkins env
+.env
+virtualenv-[0-9]*
+pytest.xml
+setuptools*tar.gz
+build-and-test-py-project.sh