diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7f8ce6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+man/mlvwm._man
+mlvwm/mlvwm
+**/Makefile*
+**/*.o
+mlvwm.*