diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2c454b6da97d90cce1f5b77e207b84732c6ed814
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+netns
+mininet.egg-info