diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4ea31d47b..c18dd8d83 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-/build/
 __pycache__/
diff --git a/build/.gitignore b/build/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..72e8ffc0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*