diff --git a/default.conf.yaml b/default.conf.yaml
index 155b93b..bc35ed4 100644
--- a/default.conf.yaml
+++ b/default.conf.yaml
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 - clean: ['~', '~/.config']
 
 - link:
-    ~/.hgrc: hg/.hgrc
     ~/.emacs.d: emacs/
     ~/.config/git: git/
+    ~/.config/hg: hg/
     ~/.gitignore: git/gitignore
     ~/.config/flake8: etc/flake8
     ~/.config/kak: kak/
diff --git a/hg/hgignore b/hg/hgignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30ecf15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hg/hgignore
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+syntax: glob
+
+\#*\#
+*~
+*.swp
+
+.mypy_cache/
+__pycache__/
+venv/
+
+node_modules/
+package-lock.json
+
+.ignore
+.root
diff --git a/hg/.hgrc b/hg/hgrc
similarity index 84%
rename from hg/.hgrc
rename to hg/hgrc
index 6ea8c1c..b802264 100644
--- a/hg/.hgrc
+++ b/hg/hgrc
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [ui]
 username = Jeremy Kaplan <jdkaplan@metagram.net>
+ignore = ~/.config/hg/hgignore
 [extensions]
 color =
 hgext.bookmarks =