diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fc799027f3daa67af071d4d7713d5579f0d439ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
\ No newline at end of file