diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1cf673978..7c9c458c7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ lib-cov
 *.out
 *.pid
 *.gz
-*.swp
+*.sw*
 *.sig
 tags
 pids