diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c0a09e7ae..b599c0a16 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,7 @@
 *.tar.gz
 dist/
 build/
+
+# For development, I symlink into my clone, so I have to have a copy of libembroidery.
+libembroidery.py
+_libembroidery.so