diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f972557..3d7454a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 *.la
 *~
 *.h5
+*.vtk
 .deps
 .libs
 /H5hut
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@
 /aclocal.m4
 /autom4te.cache
 /build
+/compile
 /config.guess
 /config.h
 /config.h.in