diff --git a/debian/.gitignore b/debian/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5908e9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/*.debhelper
+/*.log
+/*.substvars
+/files
+
+/libqt5xdg1/
+/libqt5xdg1-dbg/
+/libqt5xdg-dev/
+/tmp