diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a3bf8e0c1..ab9d39e35 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 *.pyc
 *.so
 *~
+.DS_Store
 
 # ignore the build directories
 *.egg-info/