diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a71d81480..4f8769ae2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ TAGS
 /barebox*
 System.map
 Module.symvers
-barebox_default_env*
 
 #
 # git files that we don't want to ignore even it they are dot-files
diff --git a/defaultenv/.gitignore b/defaultenv/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..40e90d7f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/defaultenv/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+barebox_default_env*