diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 79942641fad50cbc7a37290c173f48b8405f6e83..2f281dc206101dfcb366bf220b86943b0b3e4995 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ syntax: glob
 docs/_build
 cache
 *.pyc
+*~
 .coverage
 local_env.sh
 coverage_html_report