diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 114bb5dbb9..db1c3c1306 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -65,4 +65,7 @@ venv/
 
 #ignore addons directory
 /addons
-/addon
\ No newline at end of file
+/addon
+
+#ignore .htaccess
+.htaccess
diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess-dist
similarity index 100%
rename from .htaccess
rename to .htaccess-dist
diff --git a/doc/Install.md b/doc/Install.md
index 6eb249a812..79747c0837 100644
--- a/doc/Install.md
+++ b/doc/Install.md
@@ -135,6 +135,16 @@ For more information during the installation, you can use this command line opti
 
     bin/console autoinstall -v
 
+### Prepare .htaccess file
+
+Copy .htaccess-dist to .htaccess (be careful under Windows) to have working mod-rewrite again. If you have installed Friendica into a sub directory, like /friendica/ set this path in RewriteBase accordingly.
+
+Example:
+
+    cp .htacces-dist .htaccess
+
+*Note*: Do **not** rename the .htaccess-dist file as it is tracked by GIT and renaming will cause a dirty working directory.
+
 ### Set up the worker
 
 Set up a cron job or scheduled task to run the worker once every 5-10 minutes in order to perform background processing.