diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2524739f..6c138218 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 /celery.db
 /kombu.db
 /server-log.txt
+*.egg/
 
 # pyconfigure/automake generated files
 /Makefile