diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1eb382424b..c1726ede14 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -66,3 +66,6 @@ tags
 # Generated by gen_vimdoc.py:
 /runtime/doc/*.mpack
 /tmp-*-doc
+
+# vim patches
+/vim-*.patch