diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index 18e961dfbf9a2b3739c48a905201b54f90c7e1b7..07e1d8cecec0f3299e5a89c6a55d356d2f732eb5 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Makefile
 Makefile.in
 aclocal.m4
+autom4te.cache
 configure
 orconfig.h
 orconfig.h.in
diff --git a/contrib/.cvsignore b/contrib/.cvsignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6541c8f840e220faa7186689bd095cdbe80d0f51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+tor.sh
+tor.spec