diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b743405c2a9..31517d42bb4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -409,3 +409,8 @@ icu4c/source/tools/toolutil/Release
 icu4c/source/tools/toolutil/libicu*
 icu4c/source/tools/toolutil/pkgdata
 icu4c/source/tools/toolutil/tmp
+icu4j/.classpath
+icu4j/.externalToolBuilders
+icu4j/.project
+icu4j/classes
+icu4j/doc
diff --git a/icu4j/.cvsignore b/icu4j/.cvsignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..44b12004ac9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/icu4j/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+doc
+classes
+.classpath
+.externalToolBuilders
+.project