diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f333e02..b563880 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 *.log
 *.la
 *.so
-*.xdb
 *.iml
 META-INF/
 .DS_Store
@@ -39,6 +38,9 @@ META-INF/
 /binding/java/target/
 /binding/java/*.jar
 
+# python
+/**/__pycache__
+
 # clang
 /binding/c/xdb_searcher
 /binding/c/test_util