diff --git a/tools/gpio/.gitignore b/tools/gpio/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9e9dd4b681b20202a1972ec51f222f49a57a3a9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/gpio/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+gpio-event-mon
+gpio-hammer
+lsgpio
+