diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7489d2a10dba8069c8cc10309b20ea61e5397aef..60c6519f7724a7ca08cac3263b595400dba9fdd2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ tangostationcontrol/dist
 tangostationcontrol/build
 **/.ipynb_checkpoints
 **/pending_log_messages.db
+**/.eggs