diff --git a/codecov/__init__.py b/codecov/__init__.py
index fd6ac89b..370c03ff 100644
--- a/codecov/__init__.py
+++ b/codecov/__init__.py
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ def sanitize_arg(replacement, arg):
     r"(/\.coverage.*)|"
     r"(\.coveragerc)|"
     r"(\.egg)|"
+    r"(\.el)|"
     r"(\.gif)|"
     r"(\.ini)|"
     r"(\.less)|"