diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c57070c5f916..609a7f3cd1f1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ bin/
 /_CPack_Packages
 /doc/doxyxml
 /doc/html
+!/doc/html
 virtualenv
 /Testing
 /install_manifest.txt
diff --git a/doc/html/.gitignore b/doc/html/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1