diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e96deb185c..9292dbb638 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 AUTHORS
 ChangeLog
 *.pyc
+__pycache__/
 etc/tempest.conf
 etc/tempest.conf.sample
 etc/logging.conf