diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2cea994934..3009545af2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -213,7 +213,6 @@ tools/misc/xencov
 tools/pkg-config/*
 tools/qemu-xen-build
 tools/xentrace/xenalyze
-tools/pygrub/build/*
 tools/python/build/*
 tools/tests/depriv/depriv-fd-checker
 tools/tests/x86_emulator/*.bin
diff --git a/tools/pygrub/.gitignore b/tools/pygrub/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4fdf23ed8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/pygrub/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/build/
+/pygrub.egg-info/