diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ba4a76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/distfiles
+/packages
+/security/vuxml/vuln-flat.xml
+Makefile.local
+/*/*/work
+/*/*/work-*
+/INDEX-[0-9]*
+*~
+*.rej
+*.orig
+*.sw[p-z]
+