diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 89ebc8b1..2cd1cea6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ INSTALL
 .DS_STORE
 compile
 test-driver
+.dirstamp
diff --git a/examples/.gitignore b/examples/.gitignore
index b051c6c5..dd3a8f39 100644
--- a/examples/.gitignore
+++ b/examples/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 client
+libevent-client
+libevent-server