diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc00087
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Makefile
+*.o
diff --git a/tools/.gitignore b/tools/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8f24eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/ldd