diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..769c0a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+*.a
+*.dll
+*.dylib
+*.o
+*.so
+*.so.*
diff --git a/data/.gitignore b/data/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d692cae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/libSystem.pc
diff --git a/doc/.gitignore b/doc/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd61274
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/configctl.1
+/configctl.html