diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
index c27cd2d..bfaab52 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ syntax: glob
 *bin/*
 *include/*
 *lib/*
+lib64
 sa06/*
 .coverage
 test_db.cfg
 nosexcover
+.ropeproject
diff --git a/test-req.pip b/test-req.pip
index d6a2880..1c17d49 100644
--- a/test-req.pip
+++ b/test-req.pip
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ psycopg2
 pysqlite
 mysql-python
 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/firebird/kinterbasdb-3.3.0.tar.bz2
+virtualenv