diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9a405026..2584e600 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ __pycache__/
 *$py.class
 *.egg-info/
 *.ipynb_checkpoints/
+pip-wheel-metadata/
 
 /.coverage
 /.coverage.*