diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a2b1fde2..ecc05a24 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ Build
 _build
 blib
 !.docker/hooks/*
+.idea
diff --git a/MANIFEST.SKIP b/MANIFEST.SKIP
index 92e1e4a7..755d602f 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.SKIP
+++ b/MANIFEST.SKIP
@@ -75,3 +75,6 @@ logs/.*
 \.docker
 \.circleci
 README.md
+
+# ignore intellij project directory
+\B\.idea