diff --git a/thirdparty/.gitignore b/thirdparty/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..72a2fbc0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thirdparty/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Zend/
+jsmin/
+json/
+simplepie/
+simpletest/
+spyc/