diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e77279505
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+config.h
+config.log
+config.status
+Makefile
+stamp-h1
+.deps/
+src/*.o
+src/Makefile
+src/rimage