diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5bf49d2cb2..3c33657fab 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ bin/
 .classpath
 .checkstyle
 .pmd
+.pmdruleset.xml
 .ruleset
 .settings/
 *.iml
diff --git a/pmd-core/.gitignore b/pmd-core/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b83d22266a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmd-core/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/target/
diff --git a/pmd-java/.gitignore b/pmd-java/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b83d22266a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmd-java/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/target/
diff --git a/pmd-test/.gitignore b/pmd-test/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b83d22266a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmd-test/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/target/
diff --git a/pmd-vm/.gitignore b/pmd-vm/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b83d22266a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmd-vm/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/target/
diff --git a/pmd-xml/.gitignore b/pmd-xml/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b83d22266a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmd-xml/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/target/