diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index ef33a9b..af46bf5 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ upload-dir = docs/_build/html
 [tool:pytest]
 DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE = nsupdate.settings.dev
 pep8maxlinelength = 120
-norecursedirs = .git
+norecursedirs = .git .eggs
 pep8ignore =
  *.py E124  # closing bracket does not match visual indentation (behaves strange!?)
  *.py E125  # continuation line does not distinguish itself from next logical line (difficult to avoid!)