diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 338bf853f655180d0e6971fa772a26d0b4863e2d..e77a14ff90c30b4ca90f27b54083b81f94c268ee 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+*~
 *.out
 *.dat
 *.fas