diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a01ee28..5c63668 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 .*.swp
+/rate-o-mat
diff --git a/debian/.gitignore b/debian/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..76e04ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/*.debhelper.log
+/*.substvars
+/.debhelper/
+/files
+/ngcp-rate-o-mat/
+/tmp/