diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 11554a8c3e..bdd141d5a9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ npm-debug.log
 # Test / analysis tools
 .coverage
 
+## Files (or really symlinks) created in a prod deployment
+/zproject/prod_settings.py
+/zulip-current-venv
+/zulip-py3-venv
+
 ## Files left by various editors and local environments
 # (Ideally these should be in everyone's respective personal gitignore files.)
 *~