diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ba29f5881..7f45b422d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ parts/
 sdist/
 var/
 wheels/
+pip-wheel-metadata/
 *.egg-info/
 .installed.cfg
 *.egg
diff --git a/changelog.d/2941.misc.rst b/changelog.d/2941.misc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0b2b4bf95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/2941.misc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add `pip-wheel-metadata` folder to `.gitignore` file - pip creates it when installing Red in venv
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