diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d6e2f8f57d..bcf732b505 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,30 +1,31 @@
 # general
 apidocs
 .kdev4
 build
 *~
 *.bak
 *.orig
 *.pyc
 *.rej
+*.swp
 doxygen.log
 Doxyfile
 *.kdevelop
 *.kdevelop.filelist
 *.kdevelop.pcs
 *.kdevses
 .*kate-swp
 build/
 mem.log.*
 massif.*
 callgrind.*
 perf.data*
 
 # from kdiff3
 *.BACKUP.*
 *.BASE.*
 *.LOCAL.*
 *.REMOTE.*
 
 # do not ignore .kdev4 files from test data
 !projectmanagers/custom-buildsystem/tests/projects/**/.kdev4