diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f2a39b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+*.a
+*.A
+*.b
+*.B
+*.root
+*.ROOT
+*.o
+sha1sum
+sha1test
+aestest
+aescrypt
+aescbctest