diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5b87cec..8e0c3a6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 AUTHORS
 ChangeLog
 *.pyc
+__pycache__/
 etc/tempest.conf
 etc/tempest.conf.sample
 etc/logging.conf