diff --git a/tripleo_common/utils/tarball.py b/tripleo_common/utils/tarball.py
index 147fa7e2b..696e2b02c 100644
--- a/tripleo_common/utils/tarball.py
+++ b/tripleo_common/utils/tarball.py
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ def create_tarball(directory, filename, options='-czf'):
     """Create a tarball of a directory."""
     LOG.debug('Creating tarball of %s at location %s' % (directory, filename))
     processutils.execute('/usr/bin/tar', '-C', directory, options, filename,
-                         '--exclude', '.git', '--exclude', '.tox', '.')
+                         '--exclude', '.git', '--exclude', '.tox',
+                         '--exclude', '*.pyc', '--exclude', '*.pyo', '.')
 
 
 def tarball_extract_to_swift_container(object_client, filename, container):