diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 444a8f77c..30779b93a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -27,4 +27,5 @@ examples/spatialKernel
 examples/testSpatialCell
 tests/SpatialModelVisitors_1
 tests/basisSetRegMatrix
-.coverage*
\ No newline at end of file
+.coverage*
+python/*.dist-info/