diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f869d72d1..e2a5091d5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+shave
+shave-libtool
+.*.swp
 ABOUT-NLS
 intltool-extract.in
 intltool-merge.in