diff --git a/src/ifcblenderexport/blenderbim/libs/site/packages/.gitignore b/src/ifcblenderexport/blenderbim/libs/site/packages/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..808d16c90d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ifcblenderexport/blenderbim/libs/site/packages/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+*
+!.gitignore
+!ifcopenshell.pth
+!OCC.pth
+!svgwrite.pth
\ No newline at end of file