diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7fded82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+*~
+config.log
+config.status*
+autom*.cache
+*.o
+*.so
+*.dylib
+Makefile
+