diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8e5e23fa0..945f0d2ff 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ lex.yy.c
 *keywords.c
 Doxyfile
 apidoc/
-*.~
+*~
 *.orig