diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3df6f9e2de7..0ea6038a867 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -42,3 +42,5 @@ api-ref/build
 # Files created by releasenotes build
 releasenotes/build
 contrib/block-box/.db_data
+RELEASENOTES.rst
+releasenotes/notes/reno.cache
diff --git a/reno.yaml b/reno.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dd0aac790bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reno.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+# Ignore the kilo-eol tag because that branch does not work with reno
+# and contains no release notes.
+closed_branch_tag_re: "(.+)(?<!kilo)-eol"