diff --git a/benchmarks/new_opencl/kmeans/.gitignore b/benchmarks/new_opencl/kmeans/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1caca410
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/new_opencl/kmeans/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+./kmeans
diff --git a/benchmarks/new_opencl/kmeans/Makefile b/benchmarks/new_opencl/kmeans/Makefile
index b45c13ef..267bbf68 100644
--- a/benchmarks/new_opencl/kmeans/Makefile
+++ b/benchmarks/new_opencl/kmeans/Makefile
@@ -41,4 +41,4 @@ clean:
 
 ifneq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),clean)
     -include .depend
-endif
\ No newline at end of file
+endif
diff --git a/benchmarks/new_opencl/vecadd/.gitignore b/benchmarks/new_opencl/vecadd/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a43d52f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/new_opencl/vecadd/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+vecadd
diff --git a/driver/sw/simx/.gitignore b/driver/sw/simx/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3ff4df74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/driver/sw/simx/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+obj_dir
+libvortex.so
diff --git a/simX/.gitignore b/simX/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e204dd36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/simX/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+obj_dir