diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c99a49c7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Prevent hosts files from sneaking into the git repo
+ansible/hosts
+ansible/pbench-host-file
+
+# Prevent Results from sneaking into the git repo
+results/
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 126cf3d98..e86a6ddf4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ansible
+ansible==1.9.4
 matplotlib
 rally