diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7d3471a59..923d72edd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ dist/*
 .tox
 .coverage
 *.pyc
+*~
 .noseids
 build/
 .idea/
+