diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 31ef0b58ceb1b067d07a9830007a1008239b977f..a43552418fdae52a0a64d542f70739c8d9719e26 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,3 +20,5 @@ langfiles.zip
 /public/js/utility.js
 
 **/*.map
+/.buildpath
+/.project
diff --git a/.settings/.gitignore b/.settings/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f0f7c9f22d715ac10ca5a978ec67434a7183af5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.settings/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
+/org.eclipse.wst.validation.prefs