diff --git a/libselinux/src/.gitignore b/libselinux/src/.gitignore
index 001f20b0..94400e81 100644
--- a/libselinux/src/.gitignore
+++ b/libselinux/src/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 selinux.py
 selinuxswig_python_wrap.c
 selinuxswig_ruby_wrap.c
+selinux.egg-info/
diff --git a/libselinux/src/Makefile b/libselinux/src/Makefile
index 88aa32f8..49b7d60a 100644
--- a/libselinux/src/Makefile
+++ b/libselinux/src/Makefile
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ relabel:
 clean-pywrap:
 	-rm -f $(SWIGLOBJ) $(SWIGSO) $(AUDIT2WHYLOBJ) $(AUDIT2WHYSO)
 	$(PYTHON) setup.py clean
-	-rm -rf build *~ \#* *pyc .#*
+	-rm -rf build *~ \#* *pyc .#* selinux.egg-info/
 
 clean-rubywrap:
 	-rm -f $(SWIGRUBYLOBJ) $(SWIGRUBYSO)
diff --git a/python/sepolicy/.gitignore b/python/sepolicy/.gitignore
index 3186c860..32fb47f9 100644
--- a/python/sepolicy/.gitignore
+++ b/python/sepolicy/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 build
 tmp
 *.bak
+sepolicy.egg-info/
diff --git a/python/sepolicy/Makefile b/python/sepolicy/Makefile
index 3361be4e..d983e409 100644
--- a/python/sepolicy/Makefile
+++ b/python/sepolicy/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ python-build:
 
 clean:
 	$(PYTHON) setup.py clean
-	-rm -rf build *~ \#* *pyc .#*
+	-rm -rf build *~ \#* *pyc .#* sepolicy.egg-info/
 
 sepolgen:
 	ln -sf sepolicy sepolgen