diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e9b47f21ed..662ea3c214 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ Makefile.Release
 object_script.*.Debug
 object_script.*.Release
 
+# Compiled Python
+crawler/*.pyc
+
 # Symbian
 .obj/*
 *.mmp