diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ec799aa35..520d3865d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ python/.tox
 *.egg-info
 __pycache__
 python/src/deltachat/capi*.so
+python/.venv/
 
 python/liveconfig*