diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f3d74a9a..4df2d277 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
 *.pyc
 *~
+depend
+ispc
+ispc_test
+objs
diff --git a/examples/mandelbrot/.gitignore b/examples/mandelbrot/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b48e0db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/mandelbrot/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+mandelbrot
+*.ppm
+objs
diff --git a/examples/simple/.gitignore b/examples/simple/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3a3d5f0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/simple/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+simple
+objs