diff --git a/Cantera/src/base/.cvsignore b/Cantera/src/base/.cvsignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..10fd288cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Cantera/src/base/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*.d
+Makefile
+.depends
diff --git a/Cantera/src/equil/.cvsignore b/Cantera/src/equil/.cvsignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..756fc5489
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Cantera/src/equil/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Makefile
+*.d
+.depends
diff --git a/Cantera/src/kinetics/.cvsignore b/Cantera/src/kinetics/.cvsignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..10fd288cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Cantera/src/kinetics/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*.d
+Makefile
+.depends