diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 736bee6c4..897d7ff6a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+*~
+*.swp
 build/
 /tags
 /bazel-*
@@ -5,3 +7,4 @@ bin
 bin-int
 yaml-cpp.vcxproj
 yaml-cpp.vcxproj.filters
+Makefile