diff --git a/debian/.gitignore b/debian/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94e23b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+*.debhelper
+*.log
+*.substvars
+autoreconf.after
+autoreconf.before
+files
+libfreefare*/
+tmp/