diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 23e954719..019f5062c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,21 @@
+# Ignore Python bytecode and build artifacts
 *.pyc
+
+# Ignore Object files
 *.so
 *.o
 *.swp
+
 build/
 demo/README.rst
-docs/build
\ No newline at end of file
+docs/build
+
+# Ignore files produced during build
+# Ignore mupdf source
+mupdf-*/
+
+# Ignore any tar.gz files
+*.tar.gz
+
+# Ignore test cache
+tests/cache