diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0163fc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+COPYING
+INSTALL
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+NEWS
+aclocal.m4
+config.cache
+config.h
+config.h.in
+config.log
+config.status
+configure
+depcomp
+install-sh
+libtool
+missing
+mkinstalldirs
+stamp-h1
diff --git a/doc/.gitignore b/doc/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71605d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+report.sh
diff --git a/src/.gitignore b/src/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d0ee5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+.deps
+.libs
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+grammar.c
+grammar.h
+scanner.c
+tinyproxy