diff --git a/kameleon/.gitignore b/kameleon/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..22d1ec41dc204b018dcb0c347a5a7fddc620ccf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kameleon/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+*.swp
+*~
+kameleon/build
+tmp
+OAR.*