diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ce323ca..5592709 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -113,4 +113,7 @@ data/emoticons/*
 !data/custom_public/
 data/custom_public/*
 !data/custom_public/README.txt
+!data/plugins/
+data/plugins/*
+!data/plugins/.gitkeep
 log/*
diff --git a/data/plugins/.gitkeep b/data/plugins/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29