diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b828ba8a7..31e417b81 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -33,4 +33,6 @@ website/vendor
 !command/test-fixtures/**/.terraform/
 
 # Keep windows files with windows line endings
-*.winfile eol=crlf
\ No newline at end of file
+*.winfile eol=crlf
+
+backups
\ No newline at end of file