diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 50c39fe3..86157a03 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,9 @@
 # Ignore the documentation folder
 /doc
+
+# Ignore the CMake build files
+/CMakeFiles
+/CMakeCache.txt
+/cmake_install.cmake
+/Makefile
+
diff --git a/bin/.gitignore b/bin/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..96ec5aef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Ignore everything
+*
+
+# But not these files...
+!.gitignore
+!README.txt