diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1aa7995
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+*.o
+*.so
+*.pyc
+
+/lib/aptvercmp
+/lib/checklib
+/lib/freelist
+/lib/Makefile.dep