diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 93813ae0e..cc0a449b0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ docs/_build
 pip-log.txt
 pip-delete-this-directory.txt
 
+# dotenv environment variables file
+.env*
+
 # Unit test / coverage reports
 htmlcov/
 .tox/