diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index 14cd1811a..9af4993e0 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@
 # paths.
 ignore=CVS
 
+# Add files or directories matching the regex patterns to the
+# blacklist. The regex matches against base names, not paths.
+# `\.#.*` - add emacs tmp files to the blacklist
+ignore-patterns=\.#.*
+
 # Pickle collected data for later comparisons.
 persistent=yes