diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 82464765226..3e95b938cb4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ cloud-*.tar.bz2
 *.log
 *.pyc
 *.egginfo/
+*.egg-info/
+*.prefs
 build.number
 api.log.*.gz
 cloud.log.*.*