diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2f78cf5b66514f2506d9af5f3dadf3dee7aa6d9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*.pyc
+