diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed6eddf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+aclocal.m4
+*.cache
+config.h
+config.h.in
+config.log
+config.status
+configure
+depcomp
+README
+README.html
+install-sh
+missing
+*.o
+stamp*
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+.deps
diff --git a/src/.gitignore b/src/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fdc8a38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pavucontrol