diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a62e0c84..d34d2032 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ public
 
 contents+*.lr
 
-i18n/*
-
 *.egg-info
 *.pyc
 __pycache__
diff --git a/i18n/.gitignore b/i18n/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d6b7ef32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/i18n/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*
+!.gitignore