diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c85da3a78578721c083405a6820740097036687c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+src/.depend.mk
+*.o
+*.so
+src/kaldimarshal.*