diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index 3dffd001..a9384a98 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 .cvslog-tlasync
 .gdb_history
 .pc
+.deps
+.libs
+_libs
 +build
 +dest
 +inst
@@ -20,7 +23,10 @@ libtool
 libtoolize
 libtoolize.in
 patches
+stamp-h1
 stamp-vcl
 config-h.in
 commit
 manual.html
+libtool-*.tar.gz
+libtool-*.tar.bz2
diff --git a/doc/.cvsignore b/doc/.cvsignore
index 22f2d4ce..5937eaaf 100644
--- a/doc/.cvsignore
+++ b/doc/.cvsignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+.dirstamp
 Makefile
 Makefile.in
 stamp-vti
@@ -15,4 +16,6 @@ notes.txt
 *.pg
 *.cps
 *.info*
+*.html
 *.ps
+*.pdf
diff --git a/libltdl/.cvsignore b/libltdl/.cvsignore
index c0a3cf8e..1330797c 100644
--- a/libltdl/.cvsignore
+++ b/libltdl/.cvsignore
@@ -1,21 +1,14 @@
 .deps
+.dirstamp
 .libs
+_libs
 INSTALL
-Makefile
 Makefile.in
 Makefile.am
-acinclude.m4
 aclocal.m4
 autom4te.cache
 configure
-config.*
 config-h.in
-conftest*
-install-sh
-libtool
-ltmain.sh
-missing
-mkinstalldirs
 *.lo
 *.la
 stamp-*
diff --git a/libltdl/loaders/.cvsignore b/libltdl/loaders/.cvsignore
index 70845e08..0a02879b 100644
--- a/libltdl/loaders/.cvsignore
+++ b/libltdl/loaders/.cvsignore
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
-Makefile.in
+.deps
+.dirstamp
+.libs
+_libs
+*.lo
diff --git a/tests/.cvsignore b/tests/.cvsignore
index 0a40a4b7..7b25241b 100644
--- a/tests/.cvsignore
+++ b/tests/.cvsignore
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 Makefile
 Makefile.in
+atconfig
 defs.in
+defs
 package.m4
 testsuite
 testsuite.log