diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9a060405
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+syntax: regexp
+(^|/)\.((.*\.)?swp|depend|hgignore)$
+(^|/)(tags|mkfile)$
+\.([oOa]|man1|o_pic|so)$
+^config\.local\.mk$
+