diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7c0d83f..ea7c12a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -85,3 +85,26 @@
 
 *.swo
 *.swp
+
+.deps*
+.libs*
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+aclocal.m4
+ar-lib
+*-libtool
+autom4te.cache*
+compile
+config.*
+configure
+depcomp
+install-sh
+ltmain.sh
+missing
+stamp-h1
+*.la
+*.lo
+*.o
+m4/
+mapper
+setup.py
diff --git a/fail-monitor/.gitignore b/fail-monitor/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6aa001e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fail-monitor/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/phosphor-unit-failure-monitor
diff --git a/libmapper/.gitignore b/libmapper/.gitignore
index 216823b..23fb045 100644
--- a/libmapper/.gitignore
+++ b/libmapper/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 *.so
 *.so.*
 *.o
+/.dirstamp