diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3e0009e167..c2a1685df2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ profile.cov
 # VS Code
 .vscode
 
+# vim swap files
+.*.sw?
+.sw?
+
 # dashboard
 /dashboard/assets/flow-typed
 /dashboard/assets/node_modules