diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d07cb07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+.deps
+.libs
+*.lib
+*.pdb
+*.dll
+*.exe
+*.obj
+.*.swp
+Debug
+Release
+*.exp
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+aclocal.m4
+autom4te.cache
+config.guess
+config.log
+config.status
+config.sub
+configure
+depcomp
+libtool
+ltmain.sh
+missing
+ssh2_sample
+libssh2-*.tar.gz
+INSTALL
+install-sh
+*.o
+*.lo
+*.la
+mkinstalldirs
diff --git a/example/simple/.gitignore b/example/simple/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b732888
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/simple/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+*.gcno
+*.gcda
+scp
+scp_nonblock
+scp_write
+scp_write_nonblock
+sftp
+sftp_nonblock
+sftpdir
+sftpdir_nonblock
+ssh2
+sftp_RW_nonblock
+sftp_mkdir
+sftp_mkdir_nonblock
+sftp_write
+sftp_write_nonblock
+config.h.in
+ssh2_exec
diff --git a/m4/.gitignore b/m4/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38066dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/m4/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+libtool.m4
+ltoptions.m4
+ltsugar.m4
+ltversion.m4
+lt~obsolete.m4
diff --git a/src/.gitignore b/src/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0dd1abc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+libssh2_config.h
+libssh2_config.h.in
+stamp-h1
diff --git a/tests/.gitignore b/tests/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d8e5d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ssh2