diff --git a/book/.gitignore b/book/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ee70b5e5f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/book/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+**/*.rs.bk
+.#*
+.gdb_history
+/*/book
+/target
+Cargo.lock
+*.hex