diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a2959657db..33649cacbe 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -99,3 +99,11 @@
 /missing
 /stamp-h1
 /stamp-h2
+
+# cmake auto-generated files
+/CMakeCache.txt
+/CMakeFiles
+/cmake_install.cmake
+/include
+/libjson-c-static.a
+/libjson-c.so