diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6ddfbad9b..ce2ef75b8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -72,3 +72,6 @@ plugins/sudoers/regress/**/*.sudo
 plugins/sudoers/regress/**/*.ldif2sudo
 plugins/sudoers/regress/iolog_plugin/iolog
 plugins/sudoers/regress/testsudoers/test3.d/root
+
+plugins/python/__pycache__
+plugins/python/regress/__pycache__
diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
index d7440e94f..f96642d77 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -52,3 +52,6 @@ Makefile$
 ^plugins/sudoers/.*\.(out|toke|err|json|ldif|sudo|ldif2sudo)$
 ^plugins/sudoers/regress/iolog_plugin/iolog$
 ^plugins/sudoers/regress/testsudoers/test3.d/root$
+
+^plugins/python/__pycache__
+^plugins/python/regress/__pycache__