diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ae8a0c60..0c215b60 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 /log/[a-z0-9-]*
 
 # Ignore Data dirs
+/data/mongo/*
 /data/mysql/*
 /data/pgsql/*
 /data/rabbit/*
diff --git a/data/mongo/.keepme b/data/mongo/.keepme
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b