diff --git a/configs/vimrc b/configs/vimrc
index 39e702f..bd3ca32 100644
--- a/configs/vimrc
+++ b/configs/vimrc
@@ -189,6 +189,9 @@ au FileType mail setlocal spell spelllang=en
 " JavaScript (who though those were "good" defaults?)
 au FileType javascript setlocal expandtab tabstop=2 sw=2 sts=2 textwidth=0
 
+" Files that should be ignored in most file operations
+set wildignore+=*/build/*,*.egginfo,*.pyc,*.mo,*/dist/*
+
 " ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 " mapings
 " ----------------------------------------------------------------------