diff --git a/perl/.gitignore b/perl/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..53c9b787
--- /dev/null
+++ b/perl/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+META.yml
+Makefile
+Makefile.old
+MessagePack.bs
+MessagePack.o
+blib/
+inc/
+msgpack/
+pack.o
+pm_to_blib
+unpack.o