diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3a68b7fcfefb371c2f6e796e2085161d292aea5b..98f43ad0c8497c54fd4b4abb6dce8bc485752283 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -71,3 +71,8 @@ tags
 
 .vagrant/
 *.box
+
+# Misc #
+########
+
+backups/