diff --git a/htdocs/custom/.gitignore b/htdocs/custom/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9420e8c61eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/htdocs/custom/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/*
+!.gitignore
+!README.md
+!index.html