diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a3769c00ce9..1f3f1a9520c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@
 #==============================================================================#
 # Explicit files to ignore (only matches one).
 #==============================================================================#
+# Various tag programs
+/tags
+/TAGS
+/GPATH
+/GRTAGS
+/GSYMS
+/GTAGS
 .gitusers
 autom4te.cache
 cscope.files