diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18b229e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/INSTALL
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+Makefile.in.in
+/aclocal.m4
+/compile
+/config.h
+/config.h.in
+/config.status
+/configure
+/data/l3afpad.desktop
+/depcomp
+/install-sh
+/missing
+/po/.intltool-merge-cache
+/po/POTFILES
+/po/*.gmo
+/po/stamp-it
+/src/.deps/
+/src/l3afpad
+/stamp-h1
+