diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b1466454..25330c2e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,9 +17,4 @@
 /dotfiles/vim/.netrwhist
 /dotfiles/vim/bundle/*
 /dotfiles/wemo/cache
-/dotfiles/xmonad/dist/
-/dotfiles/xmonad/xmonad-x86_64-linux
-/dotfiles/xmonad/xmonad.errors
-/dotfiles/xmonad/xmonad.hi
-/dotfiles/xmonad/xmonad.o
 gotools
diff --git a/dotfiles/xmonad/.gitignore b/dotfiles/xmonad/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..db2eca34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dotfiles/xmonad/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/dist/
+/xmonad-x86_64-linux
+/xmonad.errors
+/xmonad.hi
+/xmonad.o