diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0bfe066ca2b05822fc5894d0fe721a8d99141b45..3541ffb6260f970ba57eda847847c0a79531dd82 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,4 +14,3 @@ venv/
 
 gregsite/db.sqlite3
 gregsite/settings/local.py
-gregsite/static/
diff --git a/gregsite/static/.gitignore b/gregsite/static/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d6b7ef32c8478a48c3994dcadc86837f4371184d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gregsite/static/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*
+!.gitignore