diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4aa7b4a2..1dbf85d1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 config/
 pm_to_blib
 blib/
-Makefile
+
+# only ignore top-level Makefile; we need the one in packaging/rpm!
+/Makefile
 Makefile.[a-z]*
 
+# ignore file produced by rpm build process
+/packaging/rpm/qpsmtpd.spec
+packaging/rpm/build/
+
 *~
 *.bak