diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 46bfa8d44..86f06fe85 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 /data
 .devcontainer
 rustfs/static/*
+!rustfs/static/.gitkeep
 vendor
 cli/rustfs-gui/embedded-rustfs/rustfs
 deploy/config/obs.toml
diff --git a/rustfs/static/.gitkeep b/rustfs/static/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb