diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7d600de81..a5415e45f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 data/db/mysql/*
+!data/db/mysql/.mysql_data
 data/db/redis/*
+!data/db/mysql/.redis_data
 data/vmail/*
diff --git a/data/db/mysql/.mysql_data b/data/db/mysql/.mysql_data
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb