diff --git a/offlineimap/.gitignore b/offlineimap/.gitignore
index e890e79..52d1ea0 100644
--- a/offlineimap/.gitignore
+++ b/offlineimap/.gitignore
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 .offlineimap/Repository-FSFE-local
 .offlineimap/Repository-FSFE-remote
 .offlineimap/pid
+__pycache__/
 .offlineimap/*.lock
 archives/