diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cb5003e91d..e82b629d95 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,4 +18,5 @@
 /validate/pkgconfig/gst-validate-uninstalled.pc
 *.bak
 *.libs/*
+.#*
 tags
diff --git a/codecanalyzer/.gitignore b/codecanalyzer/.gitignore
index de0209b29e..0f0ea3cfe4 100644
--- a/codecanalyzer/.gitignore
+++ b/codecanalyzer/.gitignore
@@ -26,3 +26,6 @@ stamp-h1
 .libs
 Makefile
 Makefile.in
+
+build-aux
+src/codecanalyzer
diff --git a/validate/.gitignore b/validate/.gitignore
index 251025ba35..aef704cdc9 100644
--- a/validate/.gitignore
+++ b/validate/.gitignore
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ stamp-h.in
 *.gir
 *.typefind
 *.orig
+*.stamp
+*.log
+*.trs
 
 .arcconfig
 /m4/*m4
@@ -48,4 +51,9 @@ stamp-h.in
 *docs/launcher/html
 *tools/gst-validate-launcher
 
+tests/check/validate/monitoring
+tests/check/validate/overrides
+tests/check/validate/reporting
+tests/check/validate/padmonitor
+
 /launcher/config.py
diff --git a/validate/docs/plugins/.gitignore b/validate/docs/plugins/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c94da1ab73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/docs/plugins/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+*.bak
+*.stamp
+html
+xml
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+doc-registry.xml
+*-decl-list.txt
+*-decl.txt
+*-undeclared.txt
+*-undocumented.txt
+*-unused.txt
+*.args
+*.hierarchy
+*.interfaces
+*.prerequisites
+*.signals
+