diff --git a/var/lib/cowrie/.gitignore b/var/lib/cowrie/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fddb9e40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/var/lib/cowrie/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+ssh_host_*
+auth_random.json
diff --git a/var/lib/cowrie/downloads/.gitignore b/var/lib/cowrie/downloads/.gitignore
index 49f670f1..72e8ffc0 100644
--- a/var/lib/cowrie/downloads/.gitignore
+++ b/var/lib/cowrie/downloads/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-auth_random.json
+*
diff --git a/var/lib/cowrie/tty/.gitignore b/var/lib/cowrie/tty/.gitignore
index e69de29b..72e8ffc0 100644
--- a/var/lib/cowrie/tty/.gitignore
+++ b/var/lib/cowrie/tty/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*