diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index eafa5d51d69e6f866c0262e1605118418013b86b..129eb5ecc74fbfe69e7007ce25151dbbb05381fe 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ a.out
 *.so
 *.so.*
 *.o
+*.pyc
 apparmor/goals/exec
 apparmor/goals/read
 apparmor/session-lockdown/MxLauncher