diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e380455105f0..c5016fde3e91 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@
 .DS_Store
 /test-system
 /test-config
+*.pyc
diff --git a/python/helpers/.idea/encodings.xml b/python/helpers/.idea/encodings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..97626ba45445
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/helpers/.idea/encodings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="Encoding">
+    <file url="PROJECT" charset="UTF-8" />
+  </component>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python/helpers/.idea/helpers.iml b/python/helpers/.idea/helpers.iml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..519208f7e95d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/helpers/.idea/helpers.iml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<module type="PYTHON_MODULE" version="4">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager">
+    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
+      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/pydev" isTestSource="false" />
+    </content>
+    <orderEntry type="jdk" jdkName="PyCharm Python SDK" jdkType="Python SDK" />
+    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
+  </component>
+  <component name="TestRunnerService">
+    <option name="PROJECT_TEST_RUNNER" value="Unittests" />
+  </component>
+</module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python/helpers/.idea/misc.xml b/python/helpers/.idea/misc.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..318e351e2259
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/helpers/.idea/misc.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" project-jdk-name="PyCharm Python SDK" project-jdk-type="Python SDK" />
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python/helpers/.idea/modules.xml b/python/helpers/.idea/modules.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..15bd16cf810a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/helpers/.idea/modules.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="ProjectModuleManager">
+    <modules>
+      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/helpers.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/helpers.iml" />
+    </modules>
+  </component>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python/helpers/.idea/vcs.xml b/python/helpers/.idea/vcs.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b2bdec2d71b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/helpers/.idea/vcs.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
+    <mapping directory="$PROJECT_DIR$/../.." vcs="Git" />
+  </component>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file