diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ad79de59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+*.o
+*~
+.deps/
+aclocal.m4
+autom4te.cache/
+config.log
+config.status
+etc/
+tmux