diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 301fc8ca29..4e0f61985a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -45,3 +45,4 @@ tools/trainerproc/trainerproc
 *.smol
 *.fastSmol
 *.smolTM
+python_tools