diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2e89c4b81eaaa3b67df49afe0c002b587226261a..76ea47380ce75d7de0f53a4dc0463578887130e3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -72,3 +72,8 @@ tags
 
 .vagrant/
 *.box
+
+# MISC #
+########
+
+backups/