diff --git a/contrib/.gitignore b/contrib/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2b8d00ec5d6151e143cbbf6a8d7b91fc5a02656d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+vlc-contrib-*.tar.xz
diff --git a/contrib/hosts/.gitignore b/contrib/hosts/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e05e3c1777d9380bd8c45e7f0e2b659c2b529a97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/hosts/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*-*