diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5bbd660f22b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+glcpp
+glcpp-lex.c
+glcpp-parse.c
+glcpp-parse.h
+*.o
+*~