diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 57ec0659..e33ad5ea 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 /dotfiles/boot/cache
 /dotfiles/chrome-remote-desktop-session
 /dotfiles/cider/.cache/
+/dotfiles/config/gtk-2.0/gtkfilechooser.ini
 /dotfiles/pip/cache/
 /dotfiles/pip/download_cache/
 /dotfiles/pip/pip.conf
@@ -18,4 +19,3 @@
 /dotfiles/vim/bundle/*
 /dotfiles/wemo/cache
 gotools
-/dotfiles/config/gtk-2.0/gtkfilechooser.ini
diff --git a/dotfiles/cabal/.gitignore b/dotfiles/cabal/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..58e4f6ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dotfiles/cabal/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/lib
+/logs
+/packages
+/share
diff --git a/dotfiles/cabal/config b/dotfiles/cabal/config
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8e4454ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dotfiles/cabal/config
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+repository hackage.haskell.org
+  url: http://hackage.haskell.org/
+
+nix: True
+remote-repo-cache: /home/imalison/.cabal/packages
+world-file: /home/imalison/.cabal/world
+extra-prog-path: /home/imalison/.cabal/bin
+build-summary: /home/imalison/.cabal/logs/build.log
+remote-build-reporting: anonymous
+jobs: $ncpus