diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c5f88a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*~
+.*.swp
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5a112a3..af9ef9c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ INDENTOPTS=-kr --no-tabs --braces-on-func-def-line --indent-level2
 all: approximate-pi linked-list
 
 clean:
-	rm -f approximate-pi linked-list
+	rm -f approximate-pi linked-list *~
 
 .PHONY: indent
 indent: