diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 40419f786665af405e8c07f37a56f91a180f53d6..c5d3d9f346c37ad915d21cc33c3241754f5aa813 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 *~
 *.bak
+.*.swp
 castor/gc/gcd
 castor/gc/Makefile
 castor/infoPolicy/Makefile