diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8f4d26768c89fdd54d4c83df036668002736bede
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+GNUmakefile
+dist-install
+ghc.mk