diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a7d8dfa5bc..81ff31a955 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,3 +21,5 @@ missing
 stamp-h
 stamp-h.in
 stamp.h
+autom4te.cache
+stamp-h1
diff --git a/gst/autoplug/.gitignore b/gst/autoplug/.gitignore
index 9824fb69dc..7a63023a4d 100644
--- a/gst/autoplug/.gitignore
+++ b/gst/autoplug/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 autoplugtest
+spidertest
diff --git a/tests/.gitignore b/tests/.gitignore
index aa9b343fa5..5e033ff13f 100644
--- a/tests/.gitignore
+++ b/tests/.gitignore
@@ -36,3 +36,4 @@ reconnect
 paramunits
 faketest
 events
+lat
diff --git a/tests/bufspeed/.gitignore b/tests/bufspeed/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bae42c55f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/bufspeed/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+test1
+test2
diff --git a/tests/memchunk/.gitignore b/tests/memchunk/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e6f0d8e3a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/memchunk/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+gmemchunktest
+gstmemchunktest
diff --git a/tests/sched/.gitignore b/tests/sched/.gitignore
index 9faf910f39..3dcfd97cf2 100644
--- a/tests/sched/.gitignore
+++ b/tests/sched/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ Makefile.in
 
 runxml
 log.txt
+dynamic-pipeline
diff --git a/tools/.gitignore b/tools/.gitignore
index 7cc47e8a66..35f2716d5d 100644
--- a/tools/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/.gitignore
@@ -13,3 +13,9 @@ gstreamer-compprep
 gstreamer-complete
 gstreamer-guilaunch
 *.xml
+gst-complete
+gst-compprep
+gst-inspect
+gst-launch
+gst-register
+gst-xmllaunch