diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cda7e3a37b6607b3b9360a049121d38774cecebe..66072d122159a7049f6ad7327f05b22161f4f0b8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -31,4 +31,6 @@ dymosim*
 __pycache__
 
 # ignore jupyter notebook files
-.ipynb_checkpoints
\ No newline at end of file
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+
+.eggs
\ No newline at end of file