diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b237f4133..5e1b43c4c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ subunit.log
 cover
 *.pyc
 .idea
-*.swp
+*.sw?
 *~
 build
 dist