diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e38d5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+*.la
+*.lo
+.deps
+.libs
+stamp-h1
+autom4te.cache
+aclocal.m4
+depcomp
+configure
+config.status
+config.log
+config.guess
+config.sub
+config.h
+config.h.in
+libtool
+ltmain.sh
+install-sh
+missing
diff --git a/man/.gitignore b/man/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ef83a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+vmware.4