diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 577b0a0..a1bc0bc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,9 @@
 hardware-configuration.nix
+
+# Ignore build outputs from performing a nix-build or `nix build` command
+result
+result-*
+
+# Ignore VM artifacts
+*.qcow2
+*-efi-vars.fd