diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d38f325c..2f37f673 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 compile_commands.json
 doc/_autosummary
 doc/cpp2rst_generated
+
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class