diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b61b530..a2baa63 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 _build
 erl_crash.dump
 doc/_site
+deps
+ebin
diff --git a/rebar.config b/rebar.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33311cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rebar.config
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{deps, 
+  [{erlware_commons, ".*", {git, "https://github.com/erlware/erlware_commons.git", 
+                            {branch, "master"}}}]}.