diff --git a/etc/.gitignore b/etc/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4ba60981f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/*.conf
diff --git a/sbin/.gitignore b/sbin/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b600508d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbin/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/preload.custom
+/preload.exclude