diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0ae2c44a2..15c871218 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -36,3 +36,6 @@ buildtime.bin
 
 # Rust build files when using Cargo (not actually supported for building but it spews the files anyway)
 /target/
+
+# Python compiled files from the test suite
+*.pyc