diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8f0154aa4250dbb97bea8ef7440f7c533ed8f6e9..b2379efad958513cf11297bf184b5658d5d0b720 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 *.vtu
 *.pvd
 *.pvtu
+*.vtk
 
 # ignore ARH files
 *.arh
@@ -14,4 +15,15 @@
 # ignore build directories
 build*/
 install*/
-output*/
\ No newline at end of file
+output*/
+
+# ignore CMake files
+CMakeCache.txt
+CMakeFiles
+CMakeScripts
+Testing
+Makefile
+cmake_install.cmake
+install_manifest.txt
+compile_commands.json
+CTestTestfile.cmake