diff --git a/rsync-excludes-critical b/rsync-excludes-critical
index 7ed656e..9752dec 100644
--- a/rsync-excludes-critical
+++ b/rsync-excludes-critical
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ usr/lib/python*/test
 usr/share/gtk-doc
 var/db/pkg
 usr/lib/perl*
+*.pyc
+*.pyo