diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b2c500d1..c5baade4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 *.pyc
 *.sw?
 *~
 .coverage
+.eggs/
 __pycache__
 dist
 *.egg-info
 version.txt