diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0db34fab527a6bd84b387d61d334d43d5ef8600d..47bd28227dc20225a15c490f0742f78832c4106c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -269,3 +269,47 @@ src/xml/lib/
 *.dep
 *.map
 work
+
+
+#generated module def and version header files
+mkspecs/modules/qt_*.pri
+mkspecs/qmodule.pri
+src/uitools/qtuitoolsversion.h
+tools/uilib/qtdesignerversion.h
+
+
+#unit tests executables
+selftests/assert/assert
+selftests/badxml/badxml
+selftests/benchlibcallgrind/benchlibcallgrind
+selftests/benchlibeventcounter/benchlibeventcounter
+selftests/benchliboptions/benchliboptions
+selftests/benchlibtickcounter/benchlibtickcounter
+selftests/benchlibwalltime/benchlibwalltime
+selftests/cmptest/cmptest
+selftests/commandlinedata/commandlinedata
+selftests/crashes/crashes
+selftests/datatable/datatable
+selftests/datetime/datetime
+selftests/differentexec/differentexec
+selftests/exceptionthrow/exceptionthrow
+selftests/expectfail/expectfail
+selftests/failinit/failinit
+selftests/failinitdata/failinitdata
+selftests/fetchbogus/fetchbogus
+selftests/globaldata/globaldata
+selftests/longstring/longstring
+selftests/maxwarnings/maxwarnings
+selftests/multiexec/multiexec
+selftests/qexecstringlist/qexecstringlist
+selftests/singleskip/singleskip
+selftests/skip/skip
+selftests/skipglobal/skipglobal
+selftests/skipinit/skipinit
+selftests/skipinitdata/skipinitdata
+selftests/sleep/sleep
+selftests/strcmp/strcmp
+selftests/subtest/subtest
+selftests/waitwithoutgui/waitwithoutgui
+selftests/warnings/warnings
+selftests/xunit/xunit