diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index eb90539..01fe5ab 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 # or operating system, you probably want to add a global ignore instead:
 #   git config --global core.excludesfile '~/.gitignore_global'
 
+/checksums/*
+!/checksums/.keep
 /lib/*.bundle
 /lib/digest/blake2b_ext.so
 
diff --git a/checksums/.keep b/checksums/.keep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29