diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..59c2e46705
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+configure
+config.log
+config.status
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+NetworkManager-0.1.tar.gz
+autom4te.cache
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 769fa4ca05..79b3064c68 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2004-07-27  Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com>
+
+	* .cvsignore
+	  src/.cvsignore
+	  test/.cvsignore
+	  dispatcher-daemon/.cvsignore
+	  info-daemon/.cvsignore
+		- Add .cvsignore files to reduce noise when diffing
+
 2004-07-24  Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com>
 
 	* src/NetworkManager.[ch]
diff --git a/dispatcher-daemon/.cvsignore b/dispatcher-daemon/.cvsignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..08dd975ef3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dispatcher-daemon/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+NetworkManagerDispatcher
diff --git a/info-daemon/.cvsignore b/info-daemon/.cvsignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..83241dc6a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/info-daemon/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+NetworkManagerInfo
+passphrase.glade.bak
+passphrase.gladep
+passphrase.gladep.bak
diff --git a/src/.cvsignore b/src/.cvsignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..47e4a4182d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+NetworkManager
diff --git a/test/.cvsignore b/test/.cvsignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d77ea36f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+nminfotest
+nmtest