diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e758f64e4..a5cb06dc4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 # OpenMC executable
 src/openmc
 
+# Inputs generated from Python API
+examples/python/**/*.xml
+
 # emacs backups
 *~