diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b810dafc0..949b368a4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 3rdparty/libprojectm/config.inp
 3rdparty/libprojectm/libprojectM.pc
 CMakeLists.txt.user
-bin/
 dist/Info.plist
 dist/clementine.spec
 dist/maketarball.sh
diff --git a/bin/.gitignore b/bin/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..241e560df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*
+