diff --git a/matlab/.gitignore b/matlab/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bb846da5387fa11068c6536880636a424fb3bf10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/matlab/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*.m~
+*.mat
+*.fig