diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 605fa76b6..b08542a6d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 config.log
 config.status
 autom4te.cache
+Makefile
+*.pcap
diff --git a/hermit/.gitignore b/hermit/.gitignore
index 1c4e51946..6de7dfc4d 100644
--- a/hermit/.gitignore
+++ b/hermit/.gitignore
@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ qemu-vlan0.pcap
 autom4te.cache
 documentation/html/
 include/hermit/config.inc
-tools/*.img
-tools/*_proxy
-tools/*iso
+tools/proxy
 tools/init.h
 usr/tests/hello
 usr/tests/hello++