diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6898b432e743f6e951cd582176584d895b1d5cda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+build
+dist
+pymolfile.egg-info