diff --git a/hermit/.gitignore b/hermit/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06f05e20c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hermit/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+*.o
+*.dep
+*~
+*.elf
+*.sym
+*.bin
+documentation/html/
+include/hermit/config.inc