diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 212a2eb..d6e4855 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 
 /manuals/
 
+# Python build artifacts
+*.egg-info/
+dist/
+build/
+
 # Python bytecode
 __pycache__/
 *.py[cod]