diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index de0b7f12..cdf207c3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,17 @@
 *.pyc
 *.class
 *.box
+# files generated by build
+FDroidServer.egg-info/
+# generated docs files
+docs/fdroid.aux
+docs/fdroid.cp
+docs/fdroid.cps
+docs/fdroid.fn
+docs/fdroid.info
+docs/fdroid.ky
+docs/fdroid.log
+docs/fdroid.pg
+docs/fdroid.toc
+docs/fdroid.tp
+docs/fdroid.vr