diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 16e8eba74571c405ac59b1c84293792f913bf3ea..4e921aa72db7b7799d252c5721b21df8dfb0320b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,3 +14,5 @@ distribute*tar.gz
 a.out
 
 doc/_build
+
+.cache