diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 50953cf2e..42921e017 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 *.pyc
 *.DS_Store
 *.egg
-*.swp
+*.sw?
 AUTHORS
 ChangeLog
 build/*