diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2e73ec4..2a9df37 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ shippable/
 # htmlcov is generated by tox due to coverage gathering in pytest
 htmlcov/
 .dir-locals.el
+.venv/
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 3708996..8dfe5bd 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ envlist=py3
 # - E305: expected 2 blank lines after class or function definition, found 1
 # - W504: line break after binary operator
 ignore = E126,E261,E302,E305,W504
-# Don't lint setup.py, the .tox virtualenv directory, or the build directory
-exclude = setup.py,.tox,build
+# Don't lint setup.py, the .tox or python virtualenv directory, or the build directory
+exclude = setup.py,.tox,.venv,build
 max-line-length = 100
 
 [mypy]