diff --git a/src/charon/plugins/nm/.gitignore b/src/charon/plugins/nm/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..517d94ca2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/charon/plugins/nm/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+network-manager-strongswan_*
diff --git a/src/charon/plugins/nm/gnome/.gitignore b/src/charon/plugins/nm/gnome/.gitignore
index 2c17f4bc4..0565e8a13 100644
--- a/src/charon/plugins/nm/gnome/.gitignore
+++ b/src/charon/plugins/nm/gnome/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ intltool-update.in
 mkinstalldirs
 nm-strongswan-service.name
 stamp-h1
+config.guess.cdbs-orig
+config.sub.cdbs-orig
diff --git a/src/charon/plugins/nm/gnome/debian/.gitignore b/src/charon/plugins/nm/gnome/debian/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..69c984b17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/charon/plugins/nm/gnome/debian/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+files
+network-manager-strongswan.debhelper.log
+network-manager-strongswan.substvars
+network-manager-strongswan/
+stamp-autotools-files
+stamp-makefile-build