diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dfd2f9673..5585ea84b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ TuxPaint.dmg
 *.dSYM
 .DS_Store
 *.thumbs
+*.swp
+*.swo
 src/po/POTFILES.in
 src/tuxpaint.desktop
 src/org.tuxpaint.Tuxpaint.appdata.xml