diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 868945ac0d..7a67e625c9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 *.pyc
 *kdev*
+*.kate-swp
 __pycache__
 docs/html
 *.lprof