diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index d09363b412c0596dd679667d966034773a191515..8b70decd49d74549a591b91fadf9a3559061a6d8 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 Pike-v*
+a.out
 alpha
 alpha-gcc
 alpha-no-debug
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c0c1ce40457ee3af2bb56d08e7817e5fd9f8e917..7a785d37fae073e4553242ee6238d99ebe7ba2f0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ _$*
 *.ln
 core
 /Pike-v*
+/a.out
 /alpha
 /alpha-gcc
 /alpha-no-debug