diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c3b794d89..57a2d9411 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -93,4 +93,5 @@ _ide_helper_models.php
 /storage/debugbar/*
 .phpunit.result.cache
 modules/*
+!modules/.gitkeep
 .laravelstatsrc
diff --git a/modules/.gitkeep b/modules/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb