diff --git a/src/libcharon/plugins/nm/.gitignore b/src/frontends/.gitignore
similarity index 59%
rename from src/libcharon/plugins/nm/.gitignore
rename to src/frontends/.gitignore
index 517d94ca2..26032eed7 100644
--- a/src/libcharon/plugins/nm/.gitignore
+++ b/src/frontends/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 network-manager-strongswan_*
+strongswan-applet_*
diff --git a/src/frontends/maemo/.gitignore b/src/frontends/maemo/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5568822e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/frontends/maemo/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+build-arch-stamp
+build-indep-stamp
diff --git a/src/frontends/maemo/debian/.gitignore b/src/frontends/maemo/debian/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3dd284e71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/frontends/maemo/debian/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+files
+strongswan-applet.postinst.debhelper
+strongswan-applet.postrm.debhelper
+strongswan-applet.substvars
+strongswan-applet/