diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..12f2680db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+aclocal.m4
+autom4te.cache
+config.guess
+config.sub
+configure
+depcomp
+install-sh
+ltmain.sh
+missing
+.libs
+.deps
+config.log
+config.status
+libtool
+*.l[ao]
+*.[ao]
+y.tab.[ch]
+lex.yy.c
+*keywords.c
diff --git a/scripts/.gitignore b/scripts/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a6679708a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+bin2array
+bin2sql
+id2sql
+key2keyid
+keyid2sql
+thread_analysis
diff --git a/src/_copyright/.gitignore b/src/_copyright/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..23ebcb381
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/_copyright/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+_copyright
diff --git a/src/_updown/.gitignore b/src/_updown/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..372d8952c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/_updown/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+_updown
diff --git a/src/charon/.gitignore b/src/charon/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8357dae71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/charon/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+charon
diff --git a/src/ipsec/.gitignore b/src/ipsec/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..70025a7f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ipsec/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ipsec
diff --git a/src/libstrongswan/.gitignore b/src/libstrongswan/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..48a8d1d38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libstrongswan/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+oid.[ch]
diff --git a/src/openac/.gitignore b/src/openac/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9aa85775f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/openac/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+openac
diff --git a/src/pluto/.gitignore b/src/pluto/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8aa8745ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pluto/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+pluto
+_pluto_adns
diff --git a/src/scepclient/.gitignore b/src/scepclient/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0cc9ec626
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scepclient/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+scepclient
diff --git a/src/starter/.gitignore b/src/starter/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4ac0ea8ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/starter/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+starter
diff --git a/src/stroke/.gitignore b/src/stroke/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..26c37a4a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/stroke/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+stroke
diff --git a/src/whack/.gitignore b/src/whack/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1bf2d816
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/whack/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+whack
diff --git a/testing/.gitignore b/testing/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dc0dd9256
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+do-tests