diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 923af2a0..b40bad11 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
 /out
 
-/win32-x64
\ No newline at end of file
+# ignore temporary files
+*~
+
+# platform-specific binaries folders
+/linux-x64
+/linux-x86
+/win32-x64
+/win32-x86