diff --git a/debian/.gitignore b/debian/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19918a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+*debhelper*
+*.substvars
+.debhelper/
+autoreconf.after
+autoreconf.before
+dahdi.udev
+dahdi/
+files
+libtonezone-dev/
+libtonezone2.0/
+tmp/