diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 19da3294613b5d3ac00b995651ff3e617b47c06f..e7d200788f84b31bbc840ac709910e6dc0fef072 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ tests/json*
 lib/
 bin/
 obj/
+binarycpython_snippets
 
 # Standard template
 *.org~