diff --git a/src/scm/startup/.cvsignore b/src/scm/startup/.cvsignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..92c50a9bb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scm/startup/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+init.scm
+Makefile
+tmp
+obj
+*.diff
+*.diffs
+*.patch