diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7a70cc581a44679cfb4ce43779de600be3dbd227..8e2dc16c08f0d277b063d7c7afe4ac555c8d3bc1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+*~
+.*.swp
 *.pyc
 .project
 coverage.out