diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a5dddba7d50..41ab314e35c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ build
 tags
 .lock-wscript
 *.pyc
+*.patch
 doc/api.xml
 doc/api.html
 doc/changelog.html
 doc/node.1
+tmp/
 node
 node_g