diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1c686d2ba..332c4bdb0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 *.pyc
 .DS_Store
+/.coverage
 /dist/
 /MANIFEST
 /wagtail.egg-info/