diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b6abbe76f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+syntax: glob
+objs
+bin
+Makefile*
+config.*
+media/openttd.desktop
+recordings/
+stats*/*