diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index df079f250..297d8d815 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ hugo.exe
 *.swp
 *.swo
 .DS_Store
+*~
diff --git a/source/filesystem.go b/source/filesystem.go
index cefe4a950..96853c8dd 100644
--- a/source/filesystem.go
+++ b/source/filesystem.go
@@ -117,5 +117,14 @@ func (f *Filesystem) avoid(filePath string) bool {
 }
 
 func ignoreDotFile(filePath string) bool {
-	return filepath.Base(filePath)[0] == '.'
+	base := filepath.Base(filePath)
+	if base[0] == '.' {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	if base[len(base)-1] == '~' {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	return false
 }