diff --git a/darshan-util/pydarshan/.gitignore b/darshan-util/pydarshan/.gitignore
index b2e538724..826150ea1 100644
--- a/darshan-util/pydarshan/.gitignore
+++ b/darshan-util/pydarshan/.gitignore
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ dist/
 downloads/
 eggs/
 .eggs/
+lib/
 lib64/
 parts/
 sdist/