diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 54ee8b6b5a..204c463e74 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ libconftest.dylib*
 *.o
 *.o-*
 *.patch
+!depends/patches/*/*.patch
 *.a
 *.pb.cc
 *.pb.h