diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a085e155a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+*.o
+*.so
+*~
+Makefile
+config.log
+config.status
+firejail-login.5
+firejail-profile.5
+firejail.1
+firemon.1
+src/firejail/firejail
+src/firemon/firemon
+src/ftee/ftee
+