diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e82872
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+*.o
+*.a
+*~
+autom4te.cache/
+Makefile
+config.cache  
+config.log
+config.status
diff --git a/doc/.gitignore b/doc/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..21e6980
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*.1
+
diff --git a/include/sane/.gitignore b/include/sane/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee12584
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/sane/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+config.h
+
diff --git a/src/.gitignore b/src/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c41579c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+scanadf
+xcam
+xscanimage
+