diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8346baa08044..07494e98ef68 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ dist/
 *.o
 *.so
 *.swp
+*.po~
 /docs
 modules/luci-base/src/po2lmo