diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/.gitignore b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/.gitignore
index ff0e7b0c..13567ebd 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/.gitignore
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/.gitignore
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ pip-log.txt
 .coverage
 .tox
 nosetests.xml
+htmlcov
 
 # Translations
 *.mo