diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 06cf5bca939..5e08eb24b28 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ python/cudf/cudf-coverage.xml
 python/cudf/*/_lib/**/*\.cpp
 python/cudf/*/_lib/**/*.h
 python/cudf/*/_lib/.nfs*
+python/cudf/_cuda/*.cpp
 python/cudf/*.ipynb
 python/cudf/.ipynb_checkpoints
 python/nvstrings/nvstrings-coverage.xml
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3d8bcfe308d..7b889977cf0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 - PR #4767 Remove linking against `gtest_main` and `gmock_main` in unit tests
 - PR #4660 Port `cudf::partition` api to python/cython
 - PR #4778 Remove `scatter_to_tables` from libcudf, cython and python
+- PR #4793 Add `cudf._cuda` to setup.py
 
 ## Bug Fixes