diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 02ab0044..9468e30e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ TAGS
 tags
 *cscope*
 .deps
-notmuch
+/notmuch
 notmuch.sym
 notmuch-shared
 notmuch.1.gz
diff --git a/bindings/python/.gitignore b/bindings/python/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..82e49188
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/python/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*.py[co]
+/build