diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c95e8cb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+.depend
+*.o
+*.obj
+*.rej
+*.orig
+*.dll
+moc_*
+Local.mak
+conftest
+conftest.c
+conftest.log
+xca
+xca.exe
+setup.exe
diff --git a/doc/.gitignore b/doc/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c5e08959
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*.html
+xca.1
+xca.1.gz
diff --git a/lang/.gitignore b/lang/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8df47d55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.qm
diff --git a/ui/.gitignore b/ui/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..424c745c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.h