diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 21778651bb..cb5003e91d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,3 +16,6 @@
 /validate/pkgconfig/gst-validate-1.0-uninstalled.pc
 /validate/pkgconfig/gst-validate.pc
 /validate/pkgconfig/gst-validate-uninstalled.pc
+*.bak
+*.libs/*
+tags