diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 46d3499e5..0d0dcf8b0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 *.autosave
 *.pyc
 *.user
+*~
 .*.swp
 .DS_Store
 .sw[a-z]