diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dce70adb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+syntax: glob
+*~
+*.i
+*.s
+*.o
+*.so
+*.dSYM
+*.orig
+.hg
+junk*
+*.tar.gz
+*.tar.bz2
+*.log
+*.err
+*.res
+*.out
+gc
+gc6.8
+chibi-scheme
+