diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b603b84..46d8299 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@ scratch
 *.db
 *.db-shm
 *.db-wal
+
+# generated python files
+protogen/python
diff --git a/buf.gen.yaml b/buf.gen.yaml
index e36ccd2..504f197 100644
--- a/buf.gen.yaml
+++ b/buf.gen.yaml
@@ -15,3 +15,10 @@ plugins:
   - plugin: buf.build/connectrpc/go
     out: protogen/go
     opt: paths=source_relative
+
+  - plugin: buf.build/grpc/python
+    out: protogen/python
+  - plugin: buf.build/protocolbuffers/python
+    out: protogen/python
+  - plugin: buf.build/protocolbuffers/pyi
+    out: protogen/python