diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 303d302636f5d8ff2d1d08c9764cc601676f2f0e..95c4f7c68657726388dbc0307534103566721bd5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@
 .eggs/
 __pycache__
 *.egg-info/
+build
 dist
 version.txt