diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 17adf7c9799f2ba882c0e46e25620d0956488419..e72e2d618d337281b3451d0b132a86f7d617ce8d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Makefile.in
 *.svbin
 .deps
 .libs
+*~
 
 /configure
 /config.cache