diff --git a/contrib/linux-kernel/.gitignore b/contrib/linux-kernel/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d8dfeef2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/linux-kernel/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+!lib/zstd
+!lib/zstd/*
+*.o
+*.a