diff --git a/simgear/io/.gitignore b/simgear/io/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2bbb0324
--- /dev/null
+++ b/simgear/io/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+decode_binobj 
+socktest 
+lowtest 
+tcp_server 
+tcp_client