diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 158ccf2ea..24f65c4cb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -28,8 +28,13 @@ rpms/eccodes.spec
 rpms/eccodes_f90.pc
 aclocal.m4
 src/config.h.in~
-python/gribapi.pyc
-python/eccodes.pyc
+
+python/eccodes.py
+python/eccodes/__init__.pyc
+python/eccodes/eccodes.pyc
+python/gribapi.py
+python/gribapi/__init__.pyc
+python/gribapi/gribapi.pyc
 python/gribapi_swig.pyc
 
 # Generated stuff from builds