diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5aba2e592..678bbccbe 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -45,8 +45,3 @@ CHANGES.dist
 .project
 .cproject
 .settings
-*.a
-*.res
-*.idb
-winbuild/*.inc
-
diff --git a/lib/.gitignore b/lib/.gitignore
index 9907603fd..b49038e44 100644
--- a/lib/.gitignore
+++ b/lib/.gitignore
@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ libcurl.vcproj
 vc6libcurl.dsp
 Makefile.vc10.dist
 libcurl.vers
+*.a
+*.res
diff --git a/src/.gitignore b/src/.gitignore
index d99cc3f7c..ce74f2fc6 100644
--- a/src/.gitignore
+++ b/src/.gitignore
@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@ version.h.dist
 tool_version.h.dist
 Makefile.vc10.dist
 config-win32.h
+*.a
+*.res
diff --git a/winbuild/.gitignore b/winbuild/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..01f28f323
--- /dev/null
+++ b/winbuild/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*.idb
+*.inc