diff --git a/src/charon/plugins/nm/gnome/.gitignore b/src/charon/plugins/nm/gnome/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2c17f4bc40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/charon/plugins/nm/gnome/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+compile
+config.h
+intltool-extract.in
+intltool-merge.in
+intltool-update.in
+mkinstalldirs
+nm-strongswan-service.name
+stamp-h1
diff --git a/src/charon/plugins/nm/gnome/auth-dialog/.gitignore b/src/charon/plugins/nm/gnome/auth-dialog/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bceb305e17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/charon/plugins/nm/gnome/auth-dialog/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+nm-strongswan-auth-dialog
diff --git a/src/charon/plugins/nm/gnome/po/.gitignore b/src/charon/plugins/nm/gnome/po/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b02b6e4ac1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/charon/plugins/nm/gnome/po/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Makefile.in.in
+POTFILES
+de.gmo
+stamp-it