diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..865b3a761
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#
+# NOTE! Don't add files that are generated in specific
+# subdirectories here. Add them in the ".gitignore" file
+# in that subdirectory instead.
+#
+# Normal rules
+#
+.*
+*.o
+*.a
+*.s
+*.ko
+*.so
+*.mod.c
+*.i
+*.lst
+*.symtypes
+
+#
+# Top-level generic files
+#
+tags
+TAGS
+cross_arch
+cross_compile
+uboot*
+System.map
+Module.symvers
+
+#
+# Generated include files
+#
+include/asm
+include/asm-*/asm-offsets.h
+include/config
+include/linux/autoconf.h
+include/linux/compile.h
+include/linux/version.h
+include/linux/utsrelease.h
+
+# stgit generated dirs
+patches-*
+
+# quilt's files
+patches
+series
+
+# cscope files
+cscope.*
diff --git a/include/.gitignore b/include/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0e56cf2f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+config.h
diff --git a/include/asm-ppc/.gitignore b/include/asm-ppc/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aca8da44f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/asm-ppc/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+arch
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/.gitignore b/scripts/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6add32ba0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+ubootenv
+bin2c
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/basic/.gitignore b/scripts/basic/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dc24f5f4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/basic/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+docproc
+fixdep
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/.gitignore b/scripts/kconfig/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b49584c93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#
+# Generated files
+#
+config*
+lex.*.c
+*.tab.c
+*.tab.h
+zconf.hash.c
+*.moc
+lkc_defs.h
+
+#
+# configuration programs
+#
+conf
+mconf
+qconf
+gconf
+kxgettext