diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8e259c7..ea10be7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -35,6 +35,15 @@
 *.\#
 *.swp
 *.bin
+
+#
+# KDE editors create lots of backup files whenever
+# a file is edited, so just ignore them
+*~
+*.kate-swp
+# Ignore Kdevelop project file
+.kdev4
+
 util/ectool/ectool
 util/inteltool/.dependencies
 util/inteltool/inteltool