diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ea8a844f..fbdfd286 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 lint:
 	# TODO: add "--ignore-words .codespell.ignore-words" as soon as travis supports a newer
 	#     testing environment (containing codespell 0.11 or later).
-	find plugins/ -type f -not -name "*.png" -not -name "*.conf" -not -name "*.jar" -print0 \
+	find plugins/ -type f -not -name "*.png" -not -name "*.conf" -not -name "*.jar" -not -name "*.pyc" -print0 \
 		| xargs -0 codespell \
 			--exclude-file .codespell.exclude