diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a24cf93707c4e8d75dfdd62f45f1c8acf93fb62b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+*.o
+applet/
+*~
+*.orig
+*.rej
+*.bak