diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 878fac3f..a6df4f5e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 .DS_Store
 dbgenerator.php
 bl-content/*
+!bl-content/.keep
 bl-content-migrator
 bl-plugins/timemachine
 bl-plugins/timemachine-x
diff --git a/bl-content/.keep b/bl-content/.keep
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b