diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2e89c4b81eaaa3b67df49afe0c002b587226261a..cf8725056a3045ad01146762678ab62bf3f756fe 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -72,3 +72,8 @@ tags
 
 .vagrant/
 *.box
+
+# Misc #
+########
+
+backups/