diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..88e311c84dc51a4e2dd4b987c96aa08204ded9ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+mpistalls
+*.o
+*~