diff --git a/packages/debian/.gitignore b/packages/debian/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f9a468
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/debian/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+*.debhelper
+*.debhelper.log
+*.substvars
+debhelper-build-stamp
+files
+sanoid
+tmp