diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cde059767..e6e38132f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 .idea
 *.pyc
 *.DS_Store
+*.swp
 /examples/Data/dubrovnik-3-7-pre-rewritten.txt
 /examples/Data/pose2example-rewritten.txt
 /examples/Data/pose3example-rewritten.txt