diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 23563ca04e..4a18069207 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ aclocal.m4
 *.diff
 config.status
 configure
+config*~
 libtool
 *.log
 *.bak