diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73da436
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+arch/amd64/bin
+arch/amd64/kern
+arch/amd64/lib
+
+sys/log
+
+sys/src/9/port/error.h
+sys/src/9/root/nvram
+
+*.orig
+*_orig
+*.rej
+*~
+*.o
+o.*
+*.a
+*.ao
+*.out
+9pccpuf
+
+cfg/pxe/tftpboot