diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e940a57..1b9245b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,4 +3,3 @@ local-data
 pgloader.1
 pgloader.html
 pgloader.pdf
-build/
diff --git a/build/.gitignore b/build/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86d0cb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Ignore everything in this directory
+*
+# Except this file
+!.gitignore
\ No newline at end of file