diff --git a/lib/xos-api/xosapi/.gitignore b/lib/xos-api/xosapi/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8cf076
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xos-api/xosapi/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# setup.py copies this, don't commit it
+xosapi/VERSION