diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 972131d..d802242 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ MANIFEST
 build
 dist
 pygit2.so
+_pygit2.so
 test/*.pyc
 test/__pycache__
 pygit2/*.pyc