diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ae5ee37..fb216cb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # For a project mostly in C, the following would be a good set of
 # exclude patterns (uncomment them if you want to use them):
 # *.[oa]
-# *~
+*~
 
 *.pyc
 .Python