diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e8bdbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+*.log
+*.aux
+*.pdf
+auto
diff --git a/tests/.gitignore b/tests/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0cec800
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+*.error
+*.hex
+*.elf
+*.output
+*.tex
+*.log
+*.aux
diff --git a/tests/test-suite b/tests/test-suite
index ab2e80f..82605a5 100755
--- a/tests/test-suite
+++ b/tests/test-suite
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ do_test()
 	# grab the actual output & exit value
 	pdflatex -halt-on-error -shell-escape "$file".tex 1> $file.output 2> $file.error
 	actual_exit_value=$?
-    rm -f "$file.tex" *.log *.aux *.pdf
+    rm -f *.log *.aux *.pdf
 
 	if [ "$actual_exit_value" -ne 0 ]; then
 		error "   Actual exit value does not match the expected one."