diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c83306c74..2ac3f25c4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -31,3 +31,7 @@ tags
 # Files created by Sphinx build
 doc/build
 .autogenerated
+
+# Development environment files
+.project
+.pydevproject