diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 818bb0cd3..103dad2c7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -103,3 +103,11 @@ GTAGS
 
 # checkpatch script files
 .checkpatch-camelcase.*
+
+# clangd (e.g. for advanced code completion and linting) generates cache files
+# into .cache
+.cache
+
+# A compile_commands.json can be generated using bear and will help tools such
+# as clangd to locate header files and use correct $CFLAGS
+compile_commands.json