diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ca2f32a4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+*.a
+*.bin
+*.map
+*.png
+*.log
+*.elf
+*.ihex
+obj_*
+symbols.*
+Makefile.target
+doc/html
+patches-*
+tools/tunslip6