diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 699d04c6..f754089c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2010-04-03  James Youngman  <jay@gnu.org>
+
+	Ignore generated files for the convenience of non-VPATH users.
+	* lib/.gitignore: Ignore object and archive files.
+	* find/.gitignore: Likewise.
+	* locate/.gitignore: Ignore object files.
+
 2010-04-02  James Youngman  <jay@gnu.org>
 
 	Check for accidental modifications to the wrong section of the
diff --git a/find/.gitignore b/find/.gitignore
index f961651e..109831c2 100644
--- a/find/.gitignore
+++ b/find/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,13 @@ Makefile.in
 find
 oldfind
 *~
+finddata.o
+find.o
+fstype.o
+ftsfind.o
+parser.o
+pred.o
+sharefile.o
+tree.o
+util.o
+libfindtools.a
diff --git a/lib/.cvsignore b/lib/.cvsignore
index b9df9d0a..6c5f82a1 100644
--- a/lib/.cvsignore
+++ b/lib/.cvsignore
@@ -3,3 +3,19 @@ Makefile
 Makefile.in
 regexprops
 gnulib-version.c
+buildcmd.o
+dircallback.o
+extendbuf.o
+fdleak.o
+findutils-version.o
+forcefindlib.o
+gnulib-version.o
+libfind.a
+listfile.o
+nextelem.o
+printquoted.o
+qmark.o
+regexprops.o
+regextype.o
+safe-atoi.o
+savedirinfo.o
diff --git a/lib/.gitignore b/lib/.gitignore
index b9df9d0a..309b22f2 100644
--- a/lib/.gitignore
+++ b/lib/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,19 @@ Makefile
 Makefile.in
 regexprops
 gnulib-version.c
+buildcmd.o
+dircallback.o
+extendbuf.o
+fdleak.o
+findutils-version.o
+forcefindlib.o
+gnulib-version.o
+listfile.o
+nextelem.o
+printquoted.o
+qmark.o
+regextype.o
+safe-atoi.o
+savedirinfo.o
+libfind.a
+regexprops.o
diff --git a/locate/.gitignore b/locate/.gitignore
index 28a0562a..0a8dcb2c 100644
--- a/locate/.gitignore
+++ b/locate/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,9 @@ frcode
 locate
 updatedb
 *~
+bigram.o
+code.o
+frcode.o
+locate.o
+word_io.o
+dblocation.texi
diff --git a/xargs/.gitignore b/xargs/.gitignore
index 70401072..13f5c163 100644
--- a/xargs/.gitignore
+++ b/xargs/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ Makefile
 Makefile.in
 xargs
 *~
+xargs.o