diff --git a/.stow-global-ignore b/.stow-global-ignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd1cc9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.stow-global-ignore
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Comments and blank lines are allowed.
+RCS
+.+,v
+
+CVS
+\.\#.+       # CVS conflict files / emacs lock files
+\.cvsignore
+
+\.svn
+_darcs
+\.hg
+
+\.git
+\.gitignore
+\.gitmodules
+
+.+~          # emacs backup files
+\#.*\#       # emacs autosave files
+
+^/README.*
+^/LICENSE.*
+^/COPYING
diff --git a/.stow-local-ignore b/.stow-local-ignore
deleted file mode 100644
index b3662aa..0000000
--- a/.stow-local-ignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# Ignore files that belong in /etc
-zsh-etcfiles
diff --git a/etc/.stow-local-ignore b/etc/.stow-local-ignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0abc843
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/.stow-local-ignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+zsh
diff --git a/ssh/.stow-local-ignore b/ssh/.stow-local-ignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7da646e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ssh/.stow-local-ignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+^authorized_keys\..*
+^config\..*
+README