diff --git a/ext/syck/.cvsignore b/ext/syck/.cvsignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4088712231
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/syck/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Makefile
+mkmf.log
+*.def
diff --git a/ext/syck/MANIFEST b/ext/syck/MANIFEST
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0f500f2846
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/syck/MANIFEST
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+MANIFEST
+extconf.rb
+gram.c
+gram.h
+handler.c
+implicit.c
+node.c
+rubyext.c
+syck.c
+syck.h
+token.c