diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..05d327b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/debugdata
+/pkglists
+/results
+/lorax_templates/*.tmpl
+/xorriso/input.txt
+/xorriso/*.sh
+/original-pkgsizes.txt
+/final-pkgsizes.txt
+/lorax.conf
+/*.iso
+/*.log
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 49ed254..6ef3d5e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -54,8 +54,16 @@ xorriso/%.sh: xorriso/%.sh.in
 
 
 clean:
-	rm -f $(base_dir)/*.iso || true
 	rm -Rf $(base_dir)/$(image_name)-$(version) || true
-	rm $(base_dir)/lorax_templates/*.tmpl || true
-	rm $(base_dir)/xorriso/input.txt || true
-	rm $(base_dir)/xorriso/*.sh || true
+	rm -Rf $(base_dir)/debugdata || true
+	rm -Rf $(base_dir)/pkglists || true
+	rm -Rf $(base_dir)/results || true
+	rm -f $(base_dir)/lorax_templates/*.tmpl || true
+	rm -f $(base_dir)/xorriso/input.txt || true
+	rm -f $(base_dir)/xorriso/*.sh || true
+	rm -f $(base_dir)/{original,final}-pkgsizes.txt || true
+	rm -f $(base_dir)/lorax.conf || true
+	rm -f $(base_dir)/*.iso || true
+	rm -f $(base_dir)/*.log || true	
+	
+