diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f9c52730
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+*.deb
+*.1.gz
+*.1.pod
+*.5.gz
+*.5.pod
+sparsecp
+vmtar
+control