diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c6127b3..52c86c7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -50,3 +50,9 @@ modules.order
 Module.symvers
 Mkfile.old
 dkms.conf
+
+# Build directories and executables
+GCC/
+ICC/
+MDBench-GCC*
+MDBench-ICC*