diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 01715972b1..6165cfa53a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 *.pyc
 *.pyo
-/*.patch
-build*/
-pyshtables.py
+build*/conf/local.conf
+build*/conf/bblayers.conf
+build*/downloads
+build*/tmp/
+build*/sstate-cache
+build*/pyshtables.py
 pstage/
 scripts/oe-git-proxy-socks
 sources/
-meta-*/
+!meta-*
 !meta-skeleton
 !meta-hob
 hob-image-*.bb