diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8b9b8aeb26786d9d507c3254000ae770d7b1582b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.gitattributes	export-ignore
+.gitignore	export-ignore
+.gitlab-ci.yml	export-ignore
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0a20e44ba8e1170e78bc1038192056d3a76b1b29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*.d*
+/*.o*
+/.deps/
+/Makefile
+/Makefile.in
+/aclocal.m4
+/autom4te.cache/
+/compile
+/config.guess
+/config.log
+/config.status
+/config.sub
+/configure
+/depcomp
+/install-sh
+/ltmain.sh
+/missing
+/squishyball
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 647b937c79d30184a6d0f741298faf204baa5dca..6c0c72c22aba1f6720ea84c5d4adf4c77d190948 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 cflags_save="$CFLAGS"
-AC_PREREQ(2.57)
-AC_INIT(main.c)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(squishyball, 20140211, [vorbis-dev@xiph.org])
+AC_PREREQ([2.57])
+AC_INIT([squishyball], [20140211], [vorbis-dev@xiph.org])
+AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([main.c])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
+AC_CANONICAL_HOST
 m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])], [AC_SUBST([AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY], [1])])
 
 # Checks for programs.