diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 314f9acb669cda93f823d19e97f075aa983c78f5..155796fe652f278c9d2937c107e638216da7d3c8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ build
 .*.sw[po]
 *~
 *.pyc
+*.pyo
 *.egg-info
 MANIFEST
 dist