diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4f0af0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Compiled Object files
+*.slo
+*.lo
+*.o
+
+# Compiled Dynamic libraries
+*.so
+*.dylib
+
+# Compiled Static libraries
+*.lai
+*.la
+*.a
+
+# Eclipse project files
+.project
+.cproject
+.settings
+
+# Generated dependency file
+.dependencies
+
+# translations
+*.mo
+*.pot
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 8b794bb..f2d90b2 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -257,3 +257,4 @@ David Binderman
 
 Jasmin J
   for fixing some warnings in libdvbmpeg
+  for adding .gitignore
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 7aef949..ff1a54e 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 VDR Plugin 'streamdev' Revision History
 ---------------------------------------
  
+- added .gitignore (thanks to Jasmin J)
 - fixed some warnings in libdvbmpeg (thanks to Jasmin J)
 - fixed lseek error check in libdvbmpeg (thanks to David Binderman)
 - server compatibility with VDR 2.3.1 (thanks to Christopher Reimer and