diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8b0f8169f3e..518c3419125 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ tests/data/*.translation
 # Binutils tmp linker output of the form "stXXXXXX" where "X" is alphanumeric
 st[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9]
 
+# Python development
+.venv
+venv
+
 # Python generated
 __pycache__/
 *.pyc