diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e832e9471833be1b6eb98a1968d8b591fd31313d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+*.fasl
+*~
+\#*
+*.patch
diff --git a/doc/.gitignore b/doc/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f22577b3ac86f0e154e346db7f2734811cefb68b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+alexandria
+include
+