diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..17406adbc8bb12c4795f7eaf99c3ddc73ae092de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+build/*
+dist/*
+*.pyc
+*.pyd
+*egg-info*
+