diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0848d3fbca6412aac998fdbaa45ea03835fe67d0..4c175607e5327472c301949f187c58d925f0d05e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ build/
 # documentation
 _apidoc
 /dist/
+*~