diff --git a/datastore_server/.gitignore b/datastore_server/.gitignore
index 43348250cd44f74b4ebff1234ea8a3779c9e2d72..178ad4fb8ea03d6b2b37b7ca03393404c07b07fd 100644
--- a/datastore_server/.gitignore
+++ b/datastore_server/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+!build/
 /targets
 /temp-testng-customsuite.xml
 /test-output