diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d73c0e403..834fd20fc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ log*.html
 .idea
 *.xcodeproj
 .vscode
+.cache
 
 fuzz-results
 
@@ -23,4 +24,4 @@ docs/assets/js/tree-sitter.js
 *.obj
 *.exp
 *.lib
-*.wasm
+*.wasm
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/compile_flags.txt b/lib/compile_flags.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e6043ca3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/compile_flags.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+-std=c99
+-Isrc
+-Iinclude
\ No newline at end of file