diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6df2a028d7b391720d81e2c3ed3bd90afbb53539..5ca1d8930787b44c551b7ddae68b4f709b80031e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
 *.pyc
 *.retry
+
+# ignore virtual environments
+/.tox/
+/.venv/