diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1d4a3fe883e392b8406c17c0ce1cfb9e5119fe0a..92e57eb333fd7fb39a9b3725c69b2cf3be400502 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 mnexec
 *.pyc
+*~
 mininet.egg-info
+build
+dist