diff --git a/cmd/dogstatsd/dist/.gitignore b/cmd/dogstatsd/dist/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..593bcf0e80e68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/dogstatsd/dist/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+!.gitignore
+*