diff --git a/locale/it/.gitignore b/locale/it/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e7d2734c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/locale/it/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Ignore everything in this directory
+*
+# Except this file
+!.gitignore