diff --git a/view/smarty3/.gitignore b/view/smarty3/.gitignore
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..5e7d2734cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/view/smarty3/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Ignore everything in this directory
+*
+# Except this file
+!.gitignore