diff --git a/.bzrignore b/.bzrignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..84fa991
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.bzrignore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/.shelf/
+/build/
+/python-build-stamp-*
+/debian/files
+/debian/ubuntu-dev-tools/
+/debian/ubuntu-dev-tools.debhelper.log
+/debian/ubuntu-dev-tools.*.debhelper
+/debian/ubuntu-dev-tools.substvars