diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..92487e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+*.o
+*.a
+tcpdump.1
+tcpdump
+Makefile
+version.c
+config.h
+config.log
+config.status