diff --git a/libraries/libmdb/.gitignore b/libraries/libmdb/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9f831ca3d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/libmdb/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+mtest
+testdb
+mdb_stat
+*.[ao]
+*[~#]
+*.bak
+*.orig
+*.rej
+core
+core.*
+valgrind.*