diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index abde5fa976..3e40eabe5f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 *.[oa]
 *.deps
 .B*
+*~
 /compiler/test/test_results
 /compiler/test/trace.def
 /compiler/test/trace.log