diff --git a/src/bin/shell/.gitignore b/src/bin/shell/.gitignore
index e7cd209aa4..126c4f2891 100644
--- a/src/bin/shell/.gitignore
+++ b/src/bin/shell/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 kea-shell
 kea-shell.8
+*.pyc