diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b2c500d1109f9aef2f53e6242ab2f2b9c3afc3a3..c5baade4c44766042186ef858c0fd63d587ebf09 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 *.sw?
 *~
 .coverage
+.eggs/
 __pycache__
 dist
 *.egg-info