diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..217e43e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+*.a
+*.o
+*.so
+*.obj
+*.exe
+*.dll
+*.lib
+benchmark
+gzip
+gunzip
+tags
+cscope*
+libdeflate-*-bin
+libdeflate-*-bin.zip