diff --git a/debian/.gitignore b/debian/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..910c5bde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/*.debhelper
+/*.substvars
+/gir1.2-ostree-1.0/
+/libostree-1-1/
+/libostree-dev/
+/libostree-doc/
+/ostree-grub2/
+/ostree/
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 5f1cbab2..82ef46ed 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ ostree (2016.1-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * Remove -dbg package, rely on automatic dbgsym packages instead
   * Extend package descriptions a bit
+  * debian/.gitignore: add
 
  -- Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>  Wed, 27 Jan 2016 13:04:34 +0100