diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e1e1ab2ee..b35017fd6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,7 +5,14 @@
 conf/*
 !conf/*.dist
 modules/*
-!modules/dep/
+
+#
+# Allow modules to control git ignoring
+#
+!modules/*
+modules/*/*
+!modules/*/.gitignore
+
 build*/
 
 #
diff --git a/modules/dep/.gitignore b/modules/dep/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c2e6c9cf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/dep/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+!.gitignore
+
+!*
+
+#
+#Generic
+#
+
+.directory
+.mailmap
+*.orig
+*.rej
+*~
+.hg/
+*.kdev*
+.DS_Store
+CMakeLists.txt.user
+*.bak
+*.patch
+*.diff
+*.REMOTE.*
+*.BACKUP.*
+*.BASE.*
+*.LOCAL.*
+
+#
+# IDE & other softwares
+#
+/.settings/
+/.externalToolBuilders/*
+# exclude in all levels
+nbproject/
+.sync.ffs_db
+
+#
+# Eclipse
+#
+*.pydevproject
+.metadata
+.gradle
+tmp/
+*.tmp
+*.swp
+*~.nib
+local.properties
+.settings/
+.loadpath
+.project
+.cproject