diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e39a713..4964ec9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,5 +4,3 @@
 # Mono-specific ignores
 .mono/
 data_*/
-
-builds/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/builds/.gitignore b/builds/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c96a04f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builds/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*
+!.gitignore
\ No newline at end of file