diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2e89c4b81eaaa3b67df49afe0c002b587226261a..4ac23e9cce338de22920f9cde3b2bbcc9afed1cb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -72,3 +72,8 @@ tags
 
 .vagrant/
 *.box
+
+# Backups #
+###########
+
+backups/