diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..123897bd81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+*~
+/a6le/
+/a6nt/
+/a6osx/
+/i3le/
+/i3nt/
+/i3osx/
+/nanopass/
+/ta6le/
+/ta6nt/
+/ta6osx/
+/ti3le/
+/ti3nt/
+/ti3osx/
+/zlib/
+Makefile