diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..06aeec3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+*.o
+*.a
+*.d
+*.swp
+*~
+ws
+unittests
+local.conf
+build/