diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94f66fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+*~
+.#*
+*.o
+ssldump
+Makefile
+config.log
+config.status
+dist
+autom4te.cache