diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0bd29f8ab..aac31e77b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,8 +19,11 @@ debian/qibuild/
 # IDE project's files
 .idea
 
-# Transient files
+# Generic transient files
 *~
 ~*
 *.log
 
+# PyTest transient files
+.cache
+.pytest_cache
diff --git a/python/.gitignore b/python/.gitignore
index 22b80cd5c..9dd7f088a 100644
--- a/python/.gitignore
+++ b/python/.gitignore
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ qibuild.egg-info/
 .pytest
 
 # Coverage
-.coverage
+.coverage*
 htmlcov/