diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c66ed9bdaaba408ad9078f53137491b7da4669d8..f0e0e6293551c9d4a6f60cc182680793abdc4a66 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ _$*
 *$
 *.old
 *.bak
+*.swp
 *.BAK
 *.orig
 *.rej