diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f3ae996
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+*.orig
+*.rej
+dwmc
+dwmc
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f837f5c..af1f8ed 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ dwm: ${OBJ}
 	${CC} -o $@ ${OBJ} ${LDFLAGS}
 
 clean:
-	rm -f dwm ${OBJ} dwm-${VERSION}.tar.gz
+	rm -f dwm ${OBJ} dwm-${VERSION}.tar.gz *.orig *.rej
 
 dist: clean
 	mkdir -p dwm-${VERSION}