diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 829f1487e2ba..c8cf3a3d61d1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -64,3 +64,6 @@ doc/src/modules/physics/mechanics/*.pdf
 
 # Temp output of sympy/printing/preview.py:
 sample.tex
+
+# IPython Notebook Checkpoints
+.ipynb_checkpoints/