diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c3e15588c1f..2e21d2b2303 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -128,6 +128,12 @@ icu4c/source/layout/Makefile
 icu4c/source/layout/Release
 icu4c/source/layout/libicule.so.20.0
 icu4c/source/layout/tmp
+icu4c/source/layoutex/*.d
+icu4c/source/layoutex/*.pdb
+icu4c/source/layoutex/Debug
+icu4c/source/layoutex/Makefile
+icu4c/source/layoutex/Release
+icu4c/source/layoutex/libicu*.*
 icu4c/source/samples/Makefile
 icu4c/source/samples/XMLConverter/*.d
 icu4c/source/samples/XMLConverter/*.pdb
diff --git a/icu4c/source/layoutex/.cvsignore b/icu4c/source/layoutex/.cvsignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d1179f0bd73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/icu4c/source/layoutex/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+*.d
+*.pdb
+Debug
+Makefile
+Release
+libicu*.*