diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7dc7dda36..33ae932fc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ tsbuild
 # misc
 .DS_Store
 *.local
+!env/.env.example
 
 # logs
 npm-debug.log*