diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3009545af2..5b8f23271e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -213,7 +213,6 @@ tools/misc/xencov
 tools/pkg-config/*
 tools/qemu-xen-build
 tools/xentrace/xenalyze
-tools/python/build/*
 tools/tests/depriv/depriv-fd-checker
 tools/tests/x86_emulator/*.bin
 tools/tests/x86_emulator/*.tmp
@@ -370,8 +369,6 @@ tools/ocaml/test/raise_exception
 tools/debugger/kdd/kdd
 tools/firmware/etherboot/ipxe.tar.gz
 tools/firmware/etherboot/ipxe/
-tools/python/xen/lowlevel/xl/_pyxl_types.c
-tools/python/xen/lowlevel/xl/_pyxl_types.h
 tools/xl/xl
 
 docs/txt/misc/*.txt
diff --git a/tools/python/.gitignore b/tools/python/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e8545df68b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/python/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/build/
+/xen.egg-info/
+/xen/lowlevel/xl/_pyxl_types.[ch]