diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 07ed7069a24d83c6a03b3359c08d5a0eac1afb9a..b540b79bae4d464a3977af3286f931eda8122f9d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-build/*
\ No newline at end of file
+build/*
+!build/.gitkeep
diff --git a/build/.gitkeep b/build/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391