diff --git a/stow/.stow-global-ignore b/stow/.stow-global-ignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7264b2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stow/.stow-global-ignore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+.git
+.gitignore
+.stow-local-ignore
+README.*
+TODO.*
+gsconfig
+systemd/
+systemd-boot/