diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3288dbc14..c9260280d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
 # swap files for vim
 .*.swp
 
+# swap files for gedit
+*~
+
 # no data from extras/
 extras/*.json