diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2849291c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+*.aes
+*/dist/
+cabal-dev
+hledger-web/static/tmp/
+hledger-web/yesod-devel/
+