diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d93d2114
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+*.o
+.DS_Store
+.*.swp
+/env
+/dl
+/.config
+/.config.old
+/bin
+/build_dir
+/staging_dir
+/tmp
+/logs
+/feeds
+/feeds.conf
+/files
+/overlay
+/package/feeds
+/package/openwrt-packages
+key-build*
+*.orig
+*.rej
+*~
+.#*
+*#
+.emacs.desktop*
+TAGS*~
+git-src
+.git-credentials
+/*.log