diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5d1e1897..98d83c5d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -35,3 +35,12 @@ series
 # tests
 testsuite/results
 testsuite/iproute2/iproute2-this
+
+# doc files generated at runtime
+doc/*.aux
+doc/*.log
+doc/*.toc
+doc/*.ps
+doc/*.dvi
+doc/*.html
+doc/*.pdf