diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1bd54096785c451160cfc56ff520c5af518fad45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+.built
+.built_check
+.config_*
+.configured_
+.dep_files
+.git_update
+.prepared_*
+tags
+ipkg-*
+lib*/*.o
+lib*/*/*.o
+lib*/*.so*
+lib*/*/*.o
+lib*/tags
+***/*.o
+***/*.so*
+.configured_*
+.pkgdir
+/**/latex